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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.

Our Sense of Sight: How We Perceive Movement, Depth and Illusions
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In this activity, learners investigate visual perception as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

Benham's Disk
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In this activity, learners make a Benham Top to explore visual illusions and optics.

Thaumatrope
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In this activity, learners make an optical illusion toy from the 1800s to explore persistence of vision.

Periscope
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In this optics activity, learners build a spy tool to secretly view things over walls or around corners.