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

In this activity, learners explore how polarizing sunglasses can help diminish road glare.

In this optics activity, learners use a shoebox, colored cellophane and sunlight to "change" the colors of gumballs. Learners will be surprised when the green and blue gumballs appear black!

In this activity, learners observe as soap bubbles float on a cushion of carbon dioxide gas. Learners blow bubbles into an aquarium filled with a slab of dry ice.

In this math activity related to light, learners assemble a photometer and use it to estimate the power output of the Sun.

In this optics activity, learners build a spy tool to secretly view things over walls or around corners.

In this activity, learners make prisms from gelatin. Learners then shine light through the prisms and discover what happens. This activity introduces learners to the idea of refraction.

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.