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Fooling the Mind’s Eye: Magic and Our Brains

By on September 27, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

This article explains how magicians’ illusions give scientists insights into the workings of the human brain: Fooling the Mind’s Eye

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Optical Illusions – Circles from Lines

By on September 12, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

Simple optical illusions make us think about how our eyes and brains work together. This optical illusion does not require much preparation.

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Determining Pulse Rate

Pulse Rate Detector – Make Your Own

By on September 5, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

Many students will find it difficult to detect pulse using the traditional method of holding their fingers to a pulse point. They might find this method easier. It uses a match and a thumbtack to create a visual indicator of the pulse.

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Five Senses Scramble Puzzle (Science Printables)

By on July 12, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

Printable puzzles help reinforce science vocabulary with kids. By completing this five senses scramble puzzle, students will have fun and learn the definitions of twenty different words.

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Young Girl Holding Her Nose at the Dinner Table

How Smell Affects Taste (The Science of Smell)

By on July 11, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

If you’ve ever had a stuffed up nose, then you’ve probably noticed that your food seems to have less flavor. A demonstration of how smell affects taste will help demonstrate this to students.

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Fill In Your Blind Spot

The Blind Spot and Optical Illusions

By on May 8, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

Yesterday I presented some background material on optical illusions. Today, let’s look at a related topic – the blind spot.

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Sausage Finger Optical Illusion

What Are Optical Illusions?

By on May 7, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities

What are optical illusions? Optical illusions are when the way we perceive what we see does not actually correspond to what is there.

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Electricity Meter

How Much Electricity? An Electricity Use Investigation

By on April 18, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities, Environmental Science

We can tell our kids to turn out the lights, turn off the appliances, not waste electricity, etc., but they can’t always tell if it is making a difference or not in electricity use. So turn it into a challenge.

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Science Fair Project: Reaction Time Experiment

By on March 10, 2012 in Behavior and Abilities, Everyday Science, Experiments, Science Fair

This is a classic science fair project which measures the reaction time of people. A simple test with a ruler is used to measure the reaction time of various people. Then the reaction times are compared.

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