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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build inexpensive kaleidoscopes using transparency paper and foil (instead of mirrors).

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this lab (Activity #1 on page), learners explore how we see color.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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!

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity about light and perception, learners create and observe moire patterns.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how mirrors reflect light and change the way we see things.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes