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In this optics activity, learners split white light into all its component colors using three household items: a compact disc, dishwashing liquid, and a hose (outside).

In this activity (16th on the page), learners play a variation of the "I Spy" game to explore color. Learners work in teams with each team assigned a color.

Look at pictures through different color filters and you'll see them in a new way. People have used color filters in beautiful photography or sending secret messages.

Create your own spinning top, and explore color, shapes and spinning. This activity contains instructions for making your spinning top, and tips on how to design and decorate it.

This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

How many colors make black? Gather as many water soluble black markers as you can find.

Create a painting by blowing air out of a straw. Push liquid acrylic paint around on some watercolor paper by aiming short bursts of air onto the paint puddle.

In this activity, learners will explore how light can refract or break apart into different colors.

In this activity, learners create a "mini sky" in a glass of water in a dark room.

In this activity, learners explore light, color and rainbows by making their own rainbow glasses.

In this optics activity, learners use everyday materials to make a color wheel. When learners spin the wheel like a top, they will be surprised to see all the colors mixing together to appear white.

In this optics activity, learners investigate afterimages.