Resources
- ZOOM--Reaction Time
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Measure your reaction time and chart your results.
- ZOOM--Phenakistascope
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Create your own animation with this activity and some creativity.
- ZOOM--Periscope
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology, Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Make a periscope from milk cartons and mirrors and scope out stuff with your own spying tool.
- ZOOM--Peripheral Vision
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Test your eyes and find out how well you can see something moving, or color, shape and detail with your peripheral vision.
- ZOOM--Penny Cup Game
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- To test whether two eyes ARE better than one, try to see how many pennies you get into a cup with both eyes open and with one eye open.
- ZOOM--Egg Vehicle
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Your challenge is to build a vehicle that will stop an egg from breaking when it slides down a string and smashes into a wall.
- ZOOM--Clapping? Where?
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Predict whether your hearing is better when you listen with both ears or with one ear. Now it's time to find out!
- ZOOM--Blind Spot
- Provided by WGBH
- Biology
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Find a spot in your eye where you can't see anything!
- ZOOM--You Can't Get There From Here
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Can you find a way to get a super ball to go from one table to another and then back to the first table? Use 10 sheets of paper, 10 paper clips, 10 rubber bands, 20 feet of string, masking tape, and a ruler. You can't use your hands.
- ZOOM--Water Filter part II
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Invent a filter to clean dirty salty water using basic materials.