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Writing for Night Vision
Twin Cities Public TelevisionAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (page 1 of the PDF), learners will use a home video camera with a “night vision” mode to test how various inks appear outside the spectrum of visible light. In a darkened room,...
Anti-Gravity Mirror
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn 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. To make...
Glowing in the Dark
Science FridayAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners explore phosphorescence and how certain materials can absorb and store energy from a light source. Learners use critical thinking skills to hypothesize which type of...
The Three Little Pigments: Science activity that demonstrates the primary and secondary colors of lightScience activity that demonstrates the primary and secondary colors of light The Three Little Pigments Know your C, M, Y, and K.
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsAlign four color transparencies, each one a single color (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), and see a beautiful full color image. Make sure you have access to a color printer that can print to a...
Density Rainbow and the Great Viscosity Race
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at BoulderAdd to list DetailsLearners conduct two activities to investigate two properties of liquids: density and viscosity. In a clear container, learners stack 7 different liquids which will layer according to their density...
Squash and Stretch
Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryAdd to list DetailsThis online activity has you order multiple images of a bouncing ball to show how, in animation, an object appears to lengthen as it falls, flatten as it hits the ground, and lengthen as it bounces...
Tiny Pants Photo Challenge
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners use a simple trick of perspective to dress friends in tiny cutout clothing. Learners make tiny pants out of card stock and tape them to the end of a stick. Then, learners...
Underwater ROV
Twin Cities Public TelevisionAdd to list DetailsIn this online Flash game, learners will explore a coral reef using an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Faced with concerns that environments around the world might be undergoing rapid...
Bike Wheel Zoetrope
Community Science Workshop NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity (posted on April 18, 2011), learners follow the steps to construct a zoetrope, a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures, using a 16...
Pringles Pinhole Camera
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsAn ordinary camera has a lens that makes an image on film. In a pinhole camera, a small hole replaces the lens. This activity provides instructions for recycling a potato chip can to make your own...