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In this optics activity, learners create flip books by drawing an image like an eye opening and closing on 24 small pages of paper.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate visual perception as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (13th on the page), learners complete a simple illusion trick to see through their own hand.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners create an optical illusion by spinning two attached cups. A round ball seems to magically appear when the cups spin.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 Under 5 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners discover how they can make glass objects "disappear." Learners submerge glass objects like stirring rods into a beaker of Wesson™ oil to explore how the principles of

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is a quick activity/demonstration that introduces learners to the concept of index of refraction. Learners place stirring rods in a jar of water and notice they can see them clearly.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners explore how light bends and affects what we see.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Make a camouflage cut-out animal! Using patterned paper or magazine pictures from around the house, use your craft skills to make a paper animal that blends into its background.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners surprise their eyes with an optical illusion involving arrows made out of pipe cleaners.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 Under 5 minutes