Thames & Kosmos Optical Science & Art

by Thames & Kosmos

Overview

Science Experiment Kit

• Explore human perception and the physics of light with 35 experiments, optical illusions, and other amazing visual phenomena.
• Experiment with light and the color spectrum by building a color wheel, a fiber optic peacock, and diffraction glasses.
• Learn how the eye and a camera are similar and how they are different.
• View stunning optical illusions involving shapes, color, depth, and scale.
• Build a camera obscura, pinhole glasses, and an Ames room model.
• Make a curved line look straight, watch things disappear into your blind spot, turn cardboard transparent, and see the world shrink.
• A 48-page, full-color manual provides step-by-step illustrated instructions and scientific explanations.
• A Parents' Choice Silver Award Winner.
• Ages 8 and up.

Product Details

UPC:	0857853001865
Manufacturer:	Thames & Kosmos
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years