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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.

In this activity, learners create a simple “top” from a CD, marble and bottle cap, and use it as a spinning platform for a variety of illusion-generating patterns.

In this activity, a lightbulb is placed in front of a concave mirror. The actual lightbulb is not visible to the viewer, but the viewer can see the mirror image of the lightbulb formed in space.

In this activity, learners create a cylindrical mirror to see themselves as others see them.

In this activity, learners observe what happens when they give a light source like a neon glow lamp a "Bronx Cheer." The lights appear to wiggle back and forth and flicker when learners blow air throu

In this activity about light and reflection, learners use a special device called a Mirage Maker™ to create an illusion.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create and observe moire patterns.

In this activity, learners use a compact disc to make a spectrometer, an instrument used to measure properties of light.

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

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

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

In this activity, learners overlap the three primary colors to see how all other colors are made.

Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!

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

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

By making models of light waves with paper, learners can understand why different colors appear in bubbles.

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.

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