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Daily Optical Illusion
http://www.visualfunhouse.com Daily Updated Optical Illusion Database |
 
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Optical Illusions
http://www.newopticalillusions.com/ This website consists of nearly impossible images,all kind of illusions,funny illusions,cool illusions,scary illusions,illusion videos and much more stuff which can create a sensation in your mind |
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Optical Illusions Etc...
http://illusionsetc.blogspot.com/ Challenge your skills of perception. This site is all about the many different forms of Optical Illusion. Whether these optical illusions are conveyed through fractals, architecture, art, or other forms, they are bound to remind you that "seeing is not believing." |
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Akiyoshis illusion pages
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html Akiyoshis illusion pages This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately. |
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62 Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ 62 Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena These pages demonstrate visual phenomena and optical illusions or visual illusions. The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye. |
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Mighty Illusions
http://mightyillusions.blogspot.com Mighty Illusions Illusions, Magic Tricks and Puzzles: When Your Perception Turns Against You! |
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Optical Illusions to print out on paper
http://www.members.aol.com/ukpetd/ Optical Illusions to print out on paper |
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Planet Perplex
http://www.planetperplex.com/en/index.html Planet Perplex Shows amazing art such as optical illusions, hidden images and impossible objects. The images are accompanied by explanations and links to related resources. |
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57 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html 57 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena by Michael Bach These pages demonstrate visual phenomena, called ?ptical illusions?or ?isual illusions? The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye. |
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Cool Optical Illusions
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/ Cool Optical Illusions We've become one of the largest free optical illusions websites online. Look around, you may agree that we're the best. Stick around long enough, and your eyes might just pop out of your head! Free Optical Illusions Pictures Your will also find a colour blindness test here. |
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Spin-O-Vision : Optical illusion
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/games/spinner/default.asp Spin-O-Vision : Optical illusion Here, you see the impossible: the keyboard seems to grow, but you also see that its size doesn't change. Your brain is getting two different stories from your eyes, and for a moment, accepts them both! |
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Optics Workbench : Design a Light Show
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=OpticsWorkbench Optics Workbench : Design a Light Show Interactive (Game) |
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Interactive Online websites : light
http://smarteducation.canterbury.ac.uk/classroom-resources/interactive-websites/primary/science/ Interactive Online websites : light The Eye | Light and Colour | |
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The Sound Game
http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/music/sounds_game.htm The Sound Game An interactive game where children guess what sounds they can hear. |
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Sounds, light - a good idea!
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/scitrek/laboratory/programs/soundslight/ Sounds, light - a good idea .. student laboratory. "Isn't it amazing how doctors can see inside your body by sending light through optic fibres? And did you know these fibres are used in telephone systems, too?" |
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Listen to Sounds
http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/sounds.html Listen to Sounds ... ideal for small children and students .. interactive |
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Grand Illusions
http://www.grand-illusions.com/index.htm Welcome to Grand Illusions, the site for the enquiring mind. With optical illusions, scientific toys, visual effects, and even a little magic. The Jolly Jug - an old fashioned trick | Swedish Gelly Snaps | Stanhopes(or peepers) revived | Two brainteasers | Find the missing people | Miniature Automata | Han Dynasty Compass | The Monty Hall Problem | Pinwheel - An Optical Illusion | Two turtles or Russian Rattleback | A geometrical optical illusion | A party trick | An intriguing 'after image' The yoghurt pot with a memory | Dots before the eyes? | John Gleave, Orrery Maker | Here is a nice optical illusion | a scientific puzzle | Spots before the eyes? Meet a Professor of Illusion | Explore the moon illusion | Driving to Denver | Pictographic Ambiguity | The Lizard Man of Matobo | Tim's Wonderful Toys | Fibre-optic Magnifiers | Magic (Non Transitive) Dice | |
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Light - A Learning Unit from GEC
http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/index.htm This Learning Unit is full of classroom resources designed for middle schoolers who are planning to take the School Lighting Challenge and use the GE Lighting Auditor to evaluate and improve their school's use of energy for lighting. The four lessons included in this Learning Unit will give students the background knowledge and skills they need to use the GE Lighting Auditor. They'll prepare with activities especially designed to teach: The Science of Light - In this Lesson, students will learn that light is a form of energy and part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Technology of Light - In this Lesson, students will learn about different types of light bulbs, their properties, and how they work. The Maths of Light - In this Lesson, students will learn how light is measured and how to choose the right bulb for any job. The History of Light - In this Lesson, students will learn about how Thomas Edison and Lewis Latimer transformed the modern world with their brilliant innovations. |
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Optics for Kids
http://www.opticsforkids.org/index.cfm This site is designed to be used by students, teachers and parents. The definitions and interactive demonstrations vary in difficulty. The "Optics in Nature" section provides the least advanced material. The "Vision & Color", "Optics Lab/Lasers" and "Biomedical/Health" sections address more technical information. We suggest that you begin with the "What is Optics" and "Meet The Team" sections, moving on to the other subsections from there. The "Resources" section connects you to topic-specific sites that provide additional information. If you have an optics question, or need a reference source, use the "Ask the Expert" section. This interactive feature enables you to email our team of optical scientists with your inquiry. optics | light | |
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Light : 4 2 Explore
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/light.htm This web project provides "four to explore" for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic. In some cases, we've listed more than four websites on a particular topic. For example, we might provide a few for younger readers and others for more advanced learners. Each school, classroom, and teacher is unique. As such we didn't try to provide specific activities for particular grade levels. Instead we suggest that teachers explore each link, then design specific, developmentally appropriate activities such as discussion questions, small group activities, or webquests to fit the needs of their curriculum. The links on this site are safe for children. Light | |
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Mirages
http://www.greatestplaces.org/mirage/top.html Have you seen a mirage? Are they only found in deserts? Visit the Mirage Observer to see images and stories of mirages, or even report your own! |
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Optical Illusions
http://www.ee.bgu.ac.il/~idog/amazing/ Welcome to AMAZING, The biggest OPTICAL ILLUSIONS site... This site contains many pictures, drawings, movies, links and other Optical illusions stuff. |
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Seeing is Believing
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001464/cgi-bin/main.cgi? VISION — it is a truly noteworthy element. In fact, of the five senses, sight ranks as the most important. But what is it about sight that makes it the most crucial sense? Look no further for the answer to this question, as you have come to the right place: Sighting the First Sense - Seeing is Believing! The Eye | Perception | Vision Lab | Light | Timeline | |
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Light and shadows
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/science/sci3f This unit introduces the relationship between light, an object and the formation of shadows. Children observe the apparent movement of the Sun and the associated changes in shadows. Experimental and investigative work focuses on: making and recording measurements and observations drawing conclusions suggesting explanations for observations and conclusions. |
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Changing sounds
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/science/sci5f Through this unit children learn that sounds are produced by vibrations and that these vibrations travel from the source through a variety of materials. Musical instruments are used to illustrate the range of ways of producing sounds and how pitch and loudness can be altered. Experimental and investigative work focuses on: turning ideas into a form that can be investigated and making predictions deciding whether the evidence is sufficient to support the prediction. |
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Academy Curricular Exchange
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html Mini lesson plans .... pinhole camera/microscope use/bells&scales/ pitch/ |
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Shadows
http://www.owu.edu/~mggrote/pp/physics/f_physics.html Introduction to shadows .. including sundials |
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Optical Illusions
http://illusionworks.com/ A site with many interactive optical illusions |
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Light and dark
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/science/sci1d This unit develops children's understanding of the need for light in order to see things. Children learn that darkness is the absence of light and that in the absence of sunlight other light sources are seen more easily. Experimental and investigative work focuses on: making suggestions of how to investigate an idea making observations and comparisons explaining observations. |
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Optical Illusions
http://www.eyetricks.com Welcome to eyetricks.com, a site devoted to optical illusions and other mind teasing oddities! |
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Illusions and Perceptions
http://snow.utoronto.ca/Learn2/resources/attnpcpt.html Lots of links to illusions and perception sites... on "Learning to Learn" |
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Lots of Light and Sound Experiments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/make.shtml Highly recommended.... and Fun |
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Plants need light
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ictf/storyex/page9.html |
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Magic Eye Image of the Week
http://www.magiceye.com/3dfun/stwkdisp.shtml Random dot stereograms |
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EncycloZine Optical Illusions
http://encyclozine.com/Illusion/ Much of our normal visual perception is illusory in some sense. Further-away objects appear smaller than nearer objects. Mirrors show things where they can't be. Mirages decieve us about the distant landscape. Fish in ponds appear higher in the water than they are. |
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Optical Illusion JizSaw
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/illusion-js.htm Optical Illusion Jigsaw Puzzle You have two minutes to put the pieces back together. Can you beat the clock? |
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Exploring with Sound
http://tryscience.org/exp19581520_frames.html Create a maze inside a shoebox with blocks of wood. Have a friend figure out where the blocks are by listening as a marble rolls inside the box. Using energy waves, like sound, to determine the position of an object is called sonar. |
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The Science of Light
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/ Light is everywhere in our world. We need it to see: it carries information from the world to our eyes and brains. Seeing colors and shapes is second nature to us, yet light is a perplexing phenomenon when we study it more closely. |
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Exploratorium: Optical Illusions
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html Lots of interactive optical illusions The fabulous hands-on science museum from San Francisco presents a gallery of thirteen illusions (many powered by Shockwave and QuickTime) to play with and learn from. You'll find the Café Wall Illusion on other sites as well, but here you get to interact with it and watch the distortion come and go. |
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An Interactive Guide to Optical Illusions
http://www.sandlotscience.com/ In addition to dozens of interactive illusions, unique clicks include Do-It-Yourself Projects ("Six easy-to-do optical illusion projects in Adobe PDF format to tempt the curious.") and a Typography Section. "Here is a familiar word with the top half missing. Can you read the word anyway? Place your mouse over the top half of the word. Now the bottom half goes away. Try to read the word both ways! Which is easier?" |
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Visit a Lighthouse
http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/ Our shores are littered with the wrecks of ships that have gone down on numerous reefs over the centuries. Thousands of years ago, open fires were used to warn sailors of their dangers and the first recorded lighthouse was built in the third century BC at Alexandria in Egypt. At the top of its 140m tall tower a wood fire was kept burning in a metal brazier; later, the fires were enclosed but would still have needed close supervision. |
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Sound Waves
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/soundwaves/index.html Lesson Plan: 1. understand that sound is a form of energy that travels in waves referred to as compressional waves 2. understand that sound waves can travel through different mediums, including solids, liquids, and gases 3. understand and observe that sound waves travel in a given direction until an outside force or object gets in the way of its motion and reflects it 4. observe a variety of sound waves in lab stations and record their observations in a wave booklet |
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