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Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners investigate how geometry plays a role in perspective. The lesson begins with a demonstration, in which learners of the same height stand side by side near the end of a...
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...
Touch the Spring (Lightbulb)
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn 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....
Colors, Colors?
University of WashingtonAdd to list DetailsIn this activity related to the famous "Stroop Effect," learners explore how words influence what we see and how the brain handles "mixed messages." Learners read colored words...
Parabolas: It's All Done with Mirrors
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity about light and reflection, learners use a special device called a Mirage Maker™ to create an illusion. What they perceive as an object is really an image in space, created by two...
Make Money Appear Before Your Eyes
Optical Society of AmericaAdd to list DetailsIn this optics activity, learners use water to make a coin "appear" and "disappear." Use this activity to demonstrate how light refracts and introduce light as waves. This...
Lose a Glass in a Glass
Optical Society of AmericaAdd to list DetailsIn this optics activity, learners use paint thinner to make a small jar seem to disappear inside a larger jar. Use this activity to demonstrate the role of indexes of refraction in our ability to...
Butterfly Life Cycle Optical Illusion
Science Museum of MinnesotaAdd to list DetailsThis activity is a fun way to show two stages in a Monarch butterfly's life cycle. Learners will create an optical illusion that can be flipped from caterpillar to butterfly. This is an...
Spinning Cylinder: Make a triangle appear on a spinning wheel
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsSpin a short piece of PVC pipe that's been marked up, and watch a triangle appear. Enjoy this optical illusion from the Exploratorium's Science Snack series.
Stereoscope
Community Science Workshop NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners construct a device that allows them to view 2-D images in 3-D. These 2-D stereoscopic images are simply pictures of the same thing, taken from two positions some distance...