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Presenter view · Looking Closer at What We See · Grades 1–2 · 25 minutes · General / Homeroom

Brain Detective

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Before you start

Materials

  • Paper with scrambled sentence: “I cna raed tihs eevn wehn its msesed up”
  • Two pictures that look similar but have small differences
  • Chart paper and markers
  • Mini Museum Perception Lab: minimuseumproject.org/exhibitions/seeing-is-deceiving/illusions
  • Recommended from Perception Lab: Rubin’s Vase (#4 — faces or vase?), Balcony (#3 — bistable figure)

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MSeeing is DeceivingBrain Detective

Lesson · Looking Closer at What We See · Grades 1–2 · 25 minutes · General / Homeroom

Brain Detective

Students will learn that their brains make predictions about what they see, and will practice the skill of checking their assumptions before deciding.

25minutes

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Hook 5 minExploration 12 minApplication 6 minClosing 2 min

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Write the scrambled sentence on the board:

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25:00

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