Hunt for the Hologram
Lab Curriculum
Lab Day 1
Anatomy of the Eye
Phenomena: Visual Purple and the Pupil Dance
Students will learn about cones, rods and visual purple as they see the change of human pupils in response to the levels of light in the classroom.
Model: Eyeballoon Model
Lab teams will assemble a model of the human eye, identify the parts and see the effect of light as it passes through the lens.
Materials:
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10 Biconvex Plastic Lens
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20 White, 9”, Round Balloon
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6 Votive Candle
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1 Book of Matches
Class Activity: Finding Your Blind Spot
Students will a simple test and identify the locations of their blind spot
Lab Day 2
Persistence of Vision
Phenomena: Not Quite Neon Sparklers
Students will “write” their name and create images using a glo stick.
Materials:
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30 Glo Sticks
Art Project: Mini Flipbook Animation
Short, simple, flip book cartoons will be created by each students to see and understand how persistence of vision creates the illusion of motion.
Materials:
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30 Flip books, blank
Lab Day 3
Characteristics of Light
Class Activity: Tabletop Security Grid
A laser beam is bounced around a table from person to person and illuminated by theater fog, demonstrating another way that light can be seen.
Materials:
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1 Laser pen, Class 2, 5 mW,
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1 Can of Theater Fog, 8 oz.
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1 Roll of double sided tape
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6 Fold up boxes, 4” x 6”
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6 Mirrors, 2” x 3”
Phenomena: Lincoln’s Mystery Penny
A fun puzzle that presents a visual introduction to the bending of light in water.
Materials:
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12 Opaque Cups, 16 oz.
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10 Pennies
Lab: Lens in a Washer
Lab teams will create both convex and concave lenses and record the changes of light as it passes through and is bent by each type of lens.
Materials:
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1 Box of microscope slides
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6 Tubes of petroleum jelly
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6 Washers, 1.5” OD, steel
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6 Eyedroppers
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6 Portion cups, 4 oz.
Lab Day 4
Light & Energy Transfer
Phenomena: Painting with Sunshine
Pony beads coated with a UV sensitive dye change color in the presence of UV light from the sun.
Materials:
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1 Bag of UV Beads (150)
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25 Pipe cleaners
Demo: Bernoulli’s Ping Pong Ball Trapper
Demonstration of how a forces can suspend objects despite what students would expects.
Materials:
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6 Funnels, 120 mm, plastic
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6 Ping Pong Balls
Class Activity: Solar Hot Air Balloon (gas)
60’ long solar balloon demonstrates the effect of solar radiation on the density of air.
Materials:
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2 Solar Balloons