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Learners use two mirrors to explore how images of images of images can repeat forever.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners examine how a transparent material such as glass or water can actually reflect light better than any mirror.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to view 2-D images in 3-D.

Over $20 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Forensics) is a full inquiry investigation into how hairs from a crime scene are matched to suspects.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the path of light as it reflects off of mirrors and how this is used in telescopes.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners use only their senses to to find the extremes of several environmental variables or physical factors: wind, temperature, light, slope and moisture.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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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.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Butterfly Wings Activity) about how visible light is affected by tiny nanoscale structures, producing iridescence on butterfly wings, soap bubbl

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours