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Sound can travel through a variety of media.

This is an activity about the behavior of light. Using simple, everyday objects, learners will discover that light moves in straight lines until acted upon by another object.

In this activity, learners create a water prism to break light into the seven colors of the rainbow.

With a bit of PVC, a laser, a can/cup, and a small mirror, you can make a device that visualizes you voice or any sound transmitted into the cup/can.

In this activity, learners discover that it's difficult to distinguish between two different shades of gray when they aren't separated by a boundary.

In this activity, learners investigate visual perception as well as plan and conduct their own experiments.

In this activity, learners investigate the reflective properties of light and mirrors as they make a kaleidoscope.

In this activity, learners discover that they can create a lens from a water drop. Learners test their lens by looking at words or pictures.

In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).

In this activity, learners make a photographic image--without a camera!

In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.

In this activity, learners investigate procedural memory.

In this activity, learners compare and contrast different forms of luminescence by observing how chemiluminescence, phosphorescence, and fluorescence produce or emit light.

In this optics activity, learners use glass and water to demonstrate total internal reflection (TIR).

In this physical sciences activity, learners explore how passive solar design increases energy efficiency.

This activity generates learner excitement about light through the creation of a room-sized rainbow.

In 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" bik

In this two-part activity about luminescence, learners explore the chemistry that happens inside glow sticks and other light producing reactions.

How can you make one shade of gray look like two? By putting it against two different color backgrounds! This activity allows learners to perform this sleight of hand very easily.

This activity helps learners understand how the angle of the Sun affects temperatures around the globe.