Help kids learn about the human body and their five senses with this easy,eye science experimentsexploring vision!
Prepare to be amazed with this simplevision experiments.
Plus you will appreciate this human body activity only uses simple materials you already have at home!
The brain keeps that image for about 1/10 to 1/30th of a second.
If our brains didnt keep images, we would see darkness every time we blink.
Movies and TVs take advantage of the way our vision works.
When we go to the movies, the film shows a new frame every 1/24th of a second.
This gives us the illusion of continuous, smooth motion.
You will just need to collect a few items from around the house.
Sight experiments
Cut the circle out with the scissors.
Then, draw a fish bowl on one side of the circle and a fish on the opposite side.
Eye experiments for kids
Cut 2 lengths of string 24 inches long.
Thread a string through the holes on each side of the circle.
Start with 25 or 30 twists.
Eye experiment
Pull the twisted strings straight out to the sides so that the circle spins.
What do you see?
If you do not see this, try twisting your string more.
Human eye science project
When the circle spins around, the eye sees both images.
The brain retains the first image for a fraction of a second.
This is long enough for the eye to see the second image.
This causes the two images to overlap in the brain and the fish comes off as in the bowl.
Did you see the images overlap?
If not, twist the strings tighter so that they will spin faster when you pull the strings.
How many twists did it take?
Its just one of the many wonders of our human vision!
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