Recording Images Using a Simple Pinhole Camera

by: John Eichinger

In this lesson, students develop and expand their observational skills and technological understanding by building and operating a pinhole camera. The interdisciplinary connections are in the realm of application in this motivating activity. The lesson provides students with opportunities to connect technology (the camera itself) to its aesthetic product (the photograph).

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 5/30/2009Stock # PB236X2_7

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Maureen Stover (Fayetteville, NC)
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Learning about Photography

This chapter of Activities Linking Science With Math, 5-8, introduces a fantastic activity to teach students about photography. In this hands-on lesson, students construct a pinhole camera ... See More

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