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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.

Learners demonstrate how water can distort, refract and magnify light.

In this activity about light and perception, learners create pictures in thin air.

In this activity, learners explore the invisible infrared radiation from an electric heater.

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

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

In this math-based activity, learners model the intensity of light at various distances from a light source, and understand how astronomers measure the amount of sunlight that hits our planet and othe

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

This hands-on astronomy activity allows you to create a “cutaway” telescope to clearly show how reflector and refractor telescopes work.

In this physical sciences activity, learners use science to solve a "crime." Learners collect trace evidence (glitter) and explore its characteristics, such as color, size, shape, and light reflection

In this demonstration, amaze learners by performing simple tricks using mirrors. These tricks take advantage of how a mirror can reflect your right side so it appears to be your left side.

In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

In this activity, learners arrange triangles together to make patterns to create paper quilts. Learners experiment with arranging the triangles in different ways to make various designs.

In this STEAM activity, learners create a "pixel tube" to explore reflections of light and color mixing.