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Learners demonstrate how water can distort, refract and magnify light.

In this optics activity, learners make a simple telescope using two lenses and a cardboard tube. Learners construct the telescope and then calculate its magnification.

In this activity, learners examine how colored lenses act like filters and absorb all colors of light except for the color of the lenses.

In this activity, learners explore ray optics. Learners discover that they can use a magnifying glass to create an upside-down image.

In this data collection and analysis activity, learners evaluate fish physiology and ecology using vision research data from Dr.

Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!

This resource contains several mini-explorations using a slide projector as a light source to investigate light and the properties of images.

In this optics activity, learners make a lens and explore how the eye manipulates the light that enters it.

In this demonstration (18th on the page), learners conduct a simple test to explore how the cornea refracts light, which is further bent by the eye lens through a process known as accommodation.

In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.

In this activity, learners use Jell-O to explore lenses. Learners cut Jell-O into convex and concave lens shapes and examine how light exits each lens in a darkened room.

In this activity, learners construct a projector out of cardboard to view their favorite images (such as storybook illustrations) on the wall.

In this activity, learners construct a device that projects images onto a surface, so they can trace landscapes and other sights.