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Proprioception: Wiggle where you're at
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We're told from a young age that we have 5 senses, but we have many more. One of which is our awareness of our own body part's orientation and position.
Bone Stress
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In this optics activity, learners examine how polarized light can reveal stress patterns in clear plastic.
Bacteriopolis
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In this long-term activity, learners make a home for a colorful community of microorganisms.
Gummy Growth
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In this activity related to Archimedes' Principle, learners use water displacement to compare the volume of an expanded gummy bear with a gummy bear in its original condition.
Phantom Phlame
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In this trick, hold your hand over a burning candle without getting burned, by reflecting and transmitting the light of two candles. This activity is best suited as a demonstration.
Personal Time Line
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In this activity, learners work in groups to create a time line representing significant moments in their lives.
Stereo Sound
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We listen to stereo music systems, tv's, and radios because it simulates being where the sound originates.
Anti-Gravity Mirror
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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.
Afterimage
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In this activity about light and perception, learners discover how a flash of light can create a lingering image called an "afterimage" on the retina of the eye.
Squirming Palm
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Known as the waterfall effect, this activity demonstrates adaptation in our visual system.
Pipes of Pan
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Create an instrument that you don't play--you just listen to it through tubes of various lengths.
Color Table: Color your perception
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Look at pictures through different color filters and you'll see them in a new way. People have used color filters in beautiful photography or sending secret messages.
Michelle O (formerly Vanna)
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We don't normally view people upside down and so our brains aren't accustomed to it.
Radiohead
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When you teeth clatter, they make quite the racket disproportionately to how much they actually sound to someone else.
Personal Pinhole Theater
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Have you ever heard of a camera without a lens? In this activity, learners create a pinhole camera out of simple materials. They'll see the world in a whole new way: upside down and backwards!
Circles or Ovals?
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This science activity demonstrates the dominant eye phenomena. What does your brain do when it sees two images that conflict?
Cutify: What Makes for Cute?
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In this online activity exploring our perception of "cuteness," learners adjust various factors (like pupil size or length of limbs) on a face, a cat, and a hammer.
Viral Packaging
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In this activity, learners create virus models, including nucleic acid and proteins, using simple materials. This resource includes information about virus structure and gene therapy.
Sweat Spot
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In this activity, learners use a chemical reaction to visualize where moisture forms on the body.