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Subject: Light, Color & Seeing

Science activity that demonstrates the primary and secondary colors of light
The Three Little Pigments

Know your C, M, Y, and K.

Science activity that demonstrates depth perception
Thread the Needle

Using two eyes gives you depth perception.

Science activity that demonstrates color mixing with printer ink
Truly Primary Pigments

Make your own mix-n-match markers to produce a rainbow of colors.

A science activity that demonstrates the two-slit interference phenomenon
Two-Slit Wave Model

Use index cards to show how light plus light equals dark.

Science activity that demonstrates persistence of vision
Whirling Watcher

Short bursts of moving images produce some interesting effects.

Science activity that demonstrates distances with a composite reflection
Your Father's Nose

Sometimes, you’re your partner’s splitting image.

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