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

Iridescent Art
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This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Butterfly Wings Activity) that illustrates how nanoscale structures, so small they're practically invisible, can produce visible/colorful effects.

What is Light?
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In this four-part activity, learners will discover the exciting world of light--the most important form of energy in our world--and be able to identify and describe different types of light.

Beam Me Up!
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This is a quick activity (on page 2 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about the "Tyndall effect," the scattering of visible light when it hits very small dispersed particles.

Exploring Shadows
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This activity guide features three related explorations to help learners ages 3-6 investigate shadows via the following science concepts: A shadow is made when an object blocks the light; you can chan

Stereoscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to view 2-D images in 3-D.

Kaleidoscope
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In this activity, learners build inexpensive kaleidoscopes using transparency paper and foil (instead of mirrors).

See the World Through Color-Filtering Lenses
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In this activity, learners examine how colored lenses act like filters and absorb all colors of light except for the color of the lenses.

Do Plants Need Light?
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In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

Science of Sunblock
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Stained Glass Activity) about nanotechnology making its way into everyday products, such as sunscreen, and how effective these invisible particl

How Our Environment Affects Color Vision
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.

Periscope
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In this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to look over ledges or around corners.

Tie Dye Painting
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This is an activity exploring color and color mixing.

Hot Air
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In this activity, learners set up an experiment to investigate the effects of hot air on the path of a laser beam.
Fish Eyes: More than Meets the Eye
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In this data collection and analysis activity, learners evaluate fish physiology and ecology using vision research data from Dr.

Illuminating Luminescence
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In this activity, learners compare and contrast different forms of luminescence by observing how chemiluminescence, phosphorescence, and fluorescence produce or emit light.

Rainbow in the Room
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This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

It's all Done with Mirrors
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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.

Shadow Puppets
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In this activity, learners explore color, light and shadow by creating their own puppets to hold in front of a light source.

Terrestrial Hi-Lo Hunt
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In this outdoor activity, learners search for the warmest and coolest, windiest and calmest, wettest and driest, and brightest and darkest spots in an area.