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Soap Bubble Shapes
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Learners explore three-dimensional geometric frames including cubes and tetrahedrons, as they create bubble wands with pipe cleaners and drinking straws.

Spherical Reflections
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In this art meets science activity, learners pack silver, ball-shaped ornaments in a single layer in a box to create an array of spherical reflectors.

Diffraction
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In this optics activity, demonstrate diffraction using a candle or a small bright flashlight bulb and a slide made with two pencils.

Corner Reflector
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In this optics/mathematics activity, learners use two hinged mirrors to create a kaleidoscope that shows multiple images of an object.

Convection Current
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In this activity, learners make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

Self-Portrait Silhouettes: Activity 2
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!

Giant Lens
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In this activity about light and refraction, learners discover how a lens creates an image that hangs in midair.

Bone Stress
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In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.

Self-Portrait Silhouettes: Activity 1
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image--without a camera!

Stretch the Chain and See the Light
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In this activity, learners use their strength to light a light bulb. A chain made from paper clips is placed in series with a battery and flashlight bulb.

Inverse Square Law
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In this math activity related to light, learners explore why a light, such as a candle or a streetlight, looks dimmer the farther away from it we get.

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

Pixel Tube
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In this STEAM activity, learners create a "pixel tube" to explore reflections of light and color mixing.

Colored Shadows
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In this optics activity, learners discover that not all shadows are black. Learners explore human color perception by using colored lights to make additive color mixtures.