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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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Other

Relationships: Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th

The dynamics of shape in art and the relationship of shape with the other elements of art. The effects of angles and lines on perception.

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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: It's a Kid's World: The Magic Years?

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Explore children's perceptions by practicing and performing magic tricks for them and then asking them to explain what they think they saw.

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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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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Tom Patti

For Students 9th - 10th

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Tom Patti is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with perception and perception theory (which he studied with Rudolph Arnheim).

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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Snacks

For Students 5th - 9th

Exploratorium's snacks aren't edible, but they are good! Use your science skills to discover gravity, learn about biology, do fun experiments.

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Donald Clark

Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.

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Other

Sandlotscience.com: Plans for Missing Corner 3 D Cube [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A set of plans from Sandlotscience.com for building a cubic optical illusion in 3-D. Useful for demonstrations and projects.

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Color Reversing Flag [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Use this picture to create a color reversing illusion. Great for projects and presentations.

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Other

Team Technology: Working Out Your Myers Briggs Type

For Students 9th - 10th

Good article detailing the MBTI. It includes a break down of all sixteen types, as well as the adjectives most commonly associated with the various preferences.

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Sandlot Science: The Ambiguous Cube Illusion [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Plans for building a 3-D cube illusion. Useful for projects on perception and vision.

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Sandlot Science: The Impossible Triangle [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Plans for building a 3-D triangle with seemingly impossible structure. Good for projects and presentations.

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