Total time up to one hour.
30 minutes presentation
followed by hands-on activities.
Program is best set up in a room with the classes rotating through.
Suitable for Science classes.
$4.00 per student
Year 1 to Year 9
Sight is introduced through a range of illusions.
The program covers
Binocular vision
Dominent eye
Colour vision
Colour blindness
Colour after-images
Colour with Benham's Discs
What is light?
Hands-on activities include
Finding your blind spot
Periscopes and Kaleidoscopes
Mirror writing
3D pictures with mirrors
Playing Laser Tennis
An infinity mirror
A revolving speculum
Moving pictures - Phenakistoscope, Zootrope, Praxinoscope
A virtual light globe
The Star Challenge
The Famous Invisible Box