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In this activity, learners use an old CD to construct a spectroscope, a device that separates light into its component colors.

In this activity, learners discuss and investigate how cameras, telescopes, and their own eyes use light in similar ways.

In "Exploring the Universe: Exoplanet Transits," participants simulate one of the methods scientists use to discover planets orbiting distant stars.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create pictures in thin air.

In this optics activity, learners examine how a transparent material such as glass or water can actually reflect light better than any mirror.

In this optics activity, learners make a "light fountain" from a clear plastic bottle, flashlight, and other simple materials.

"Exploring the Universe: Filtered Light" demonstrates how scientists can use telescopes and other tools to capture and filter different energies of light to study the universe.

In this pencil and paper activity, learners work in pairs and simulate how astronomical spacecraft and computers create images of objects in space.

In this activity (posted on March 27, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a mini zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures.

In this activity (page 2 of PDF), learners play with a lens and a piece of paper to focus an image on the paper. Learners look at different things, and see how the lenses affect the image.

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