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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Do Optical Illusions Work?

For Students 4th - 8th

Learn how the eyes play tricks on us when we look at optical illusions. This resource explains many of the techniques used to challenge our visual perception.

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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Matemagicas

For Students 6th - 8th

Find out the magic of mathematics. On this site you will find magic tricks, games, animated optical illusions, paradoxes and a lot more.

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My Science Site

Optical Illusions

For Students 9th - 10th

This resource contains some optical illusions that will boggle your mind as you try to figure them out.

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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Phenakistascope

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Explore how the eye and brain interpret a series of pictures as motion by building a spinning motion picture show from a paper plate.

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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Moon Illusion

For Students 9th - 10th

Andrew Vanden Heuvel unravels the details of focus, distance, and proportion that contribute to the mystifying optical illusion. [4:09]

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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Mystery of the Senses Vision

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Understand how our brain identifies an object, view six optical illusions and explain why the visual system might interpret them the way it does.

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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Fading Dot

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site see a dot fade away in this on-line experiment. Learn why this happens in "What's Going On?"

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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Bird in a Cage

For Students 9th - 10th

Have fun with this optical illusion. Learn about after images with this experiment.

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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Mona

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site see the effects our brains have on what we see when we view a picture upside-down.

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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Post Card Exhibits: Illusions & Other Surprises

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site students can experiment with different illusions and even print them out to try on their friends.

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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Ilusiones Opticas

For Students 3rd - 8th

In Spanish. Have fun with the different pictures and their optical illusions.

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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: See Some Optical Illusions

For Students 9th - 10th

A webpage on optical illusions, containing a grid of black squares, an elephant with four or five legs, and a picture with three faces in it.

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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Anillo De Wertheimer Koffka

For Students 3rd - 8th

Watch this classical example of the perception of contrasts.

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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Espiral De Fraser

For Students 3rd - 8th

Is this a spiral or a clever composition of circular segments intensified with triangles?

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Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Optical Illusion: Vision and the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th

[Free Registration/Login Required] Interactive explores the concept of optical illusion.

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Braingle

Braingle: Optical Illusion Brain Teasers

For Students 9th - 10th

Check out the variety of optical illusions provided at this site. Fool your eyes with "Chair or Block," "Angles or E," "Old or Young Woman," "Face or Vase," and others.

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