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In this optics activity, learners investigate afterimages.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners conduct an experiment to explore peripheral vision. Learners collect data about their ability to see shapes, colors, or letters using their peripheral vision.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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Make a big canvas of iridescent color with pvc pipe! In this Exploratorium Science Snack, you'll need to cut and assemble some PVC pipe, but the pay-off, the soap-bubble canvas, is big.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Align four color transparencies, each one a single color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and see a beautiful full color image.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 Under 5 minutes
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The beautiful iridescent colors of a bubble in a can! With this Exploratorium Science Snack, create beautiful soap films on the open end of a can to see beautiful rainbows of color.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore why they can see colors in bubbles and why they change.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity (12th on the page), learners investigate their ability to discriminate (see) different colors.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners explore color by examining color dots through colored water and the light of a flashlight.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners test their "light-smarts" by playing a game called "Light Quest!" The game board represents an atom and each player represents an electron that has been bumped into the atom's outer unstable

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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"Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light" demonstrates how scientists can use telescopes and other tools to capture and filter different energies of light to study the universe.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore how light can refract or break apart into different colors.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes