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3D Picture Drawing x 3
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Create your own 3D pictures & explore stereoscopic vision |
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3D Mirrorscope
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Create a floating 3D image using this fantastic apparatus. Wow! |
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6 glass lenses x 2
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Using these lens and lens holders you can create telescopes and many other investigations around image creation and focal length. Full notes provided. |
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Benhams Disc
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A whirling disc of black and white images can create flashes of colour. Strange... but does show how your retina works! |
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Bird in a cage illusions x 3
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A classic experiment that demonstrates persistence of vision |
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Bug viewers x 3
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Determine the how much your captured insect has been magnified |
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Coloured light mixing
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Mixing primary colours of light |
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Digital text spinner
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Whirl this device around and around, allowing your students to see hidden messages. Another great demonstration of persistence of vision. |
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Fly's Eye Scopes x 3
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Prismatic lenses that show the world in a different way |
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Jelly lenses x 1
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Make a jelly lenses and shine a laser though it... this will show the path of light being changed visually to students |
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Light beam
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A great demonstration which shows internal reflection within water as you pour it out of a bottle |
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Magic spectacles x 3
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See rainbows around your classroom lights... these glasses break up the visible light spectrum. Students love these! |
| Media File |
A series of digital movies on how to use the equipment. Use these in conjunction with a interactive whiteboard as a classroom demonstration |
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Mini-telescopes x 3
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Magnify your world! |
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Mind altering goldfish!
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An excellent illusion whereby your brain is deceived into thinking things are moving when they're not. Seeing is believing! |
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Newton Colour Wheel
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Mix all the colours of light together to demonstrate colour addition |
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Optical illusion sheets
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Many sheets to challenge your students |
| Prisms |
Split sunlight into the visible spectrum |
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Rainbows in a feather
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Split the visible spectrum so see rainbows using a just a feather! |
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Slit experiment x 3
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Use simple materials to follow the path of light as it travels through a lens or bounces off a mirror. |
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Translucent vs. transparent vs. opaque
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Simple materials to highlight these terms |
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Why is the sky blue?
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Demonstrate Raleigh scattering in your classroom and answer this common question. Also shows why the sky can be red at sunset. |
