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Thaumatropes
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  In this activity, learners will make a thaumatrope, an old-fashioned optical illusion that dates back to the 1820s.
  
Whirling Watcher: Make a Stroboscope
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  In this activity, learners make a stroboscope--a spinning disk with slits around the edge that you look through.
  
Phenakistascope
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  In this optics activity, learners build an animation tool to make mini movies. When you spin a phenakistascope, the pictures move so quickly that your eyes and brain can't separate the images.