Optical illusions can be used as interactive, everyone-participates demonstrations to show teachers that the act of visual observation is not a passive, mindless, stimulus-response, camera-like operation. Optical illusions challenge simple notions of “seeing is believing” and suggest that at times, it is more appropriate to say that “believing is seeing.” Regular use of visually stimulating "fun" phenomena is an essential element of high-quality science teaching. This activity features four exercises using optical illusions.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2010Stock # PB271X_5