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In this activity, learners investigate color vision as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

In this art meets science activity, learners pack silver, ball-shaped ornaments in a single layer in a box to create an array of spherical reflectors.

In this activity, learners use pop-beads to understand the characteristics and properties of polymer chains.

In this optics activity, demonstrate diffraction using a candle or a small bright flashlight bulb and a slide made with two pencils.

In this activity (posted on March 14, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a camera projector to explore lenses and refraction.

In this activity about light and refraction, learners discover how a lens creates an image that hangs in midair.

In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.

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

In this activity (posted on March 20, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a stroboscope, a device that exploits the persistence of vision to make moving objects appear slow or stationary.

In this optics activity, learners discover that not all shadows are black. Learners explore human color perception by using colored lights to make additive color mixtures.

In this optics activity, learners build a spy tool to secretly view things over walls or around corners.