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In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

In this activity, learners create a cylindrical mirror to see themselves as others see them.

In this activity about light and refraction, learners make a lens and magnifying glass by filling a bowl with water.

In this quick optics activity, learners use a dim point of light (a disassembled Mini MagLite and dowel set-up) to cast a shadow of the blood supply in their retina onto the retina itself.

In this activity, learners construct a three-dimensional ambiguous cube to explore visual illusions and how our brains interpret or misinterpret information.

In this activity about afterimages, learners explore what happens when receptor cells called cones in your eye's retina get tired.

In this activity, learners play with a fuzzy-colored dot that has no distinct edges seems to disappear. As learners stare at the dot, its color appears to blend with the colors surrounding it.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore the difference between telescope magnification and resolution.

In this activity about depth perception, learners create an optical illusion in a shoe box.

In this activity, learners will perform various investigations to understand the vestibular-ocular reflex and learn about the importance of visual cues in maintaining balance.

In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.

How can you make one shade of gray look like two? By putting it against two different color backgrounds! This activity allows learners to perform this sleight of hand very easily.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create and observe moire patterns.

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

This fun hands-on astronomy activity uses a variety of simple props to help learners understand why they see what they see in a telescope.

This activity (on pages 7-13) has pairs of learners survey an array of similarities and differences between them.