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My Eyes Can Trick Me!

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Materials

  • Large printout of the duck/rabbit illusion
  • Two identical colors of construction paper in different contexts (one surrounded by dark paper, one by light paper)
  • Mini Museum Perception Lab: minimuseumproject.org/exhibitions/seeing-is-deceiving/illusions
  • Recommended from Perception Lab: Rubin’s Vase (#4 — faces or vase?)

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MSeeing is DeceivingMy Eyes Can Trick Me!

Lesson · PreK–K · 20 minutes · General / Homeroom

My Eyes Can Trick Me!

Students will understand that their eyes and brain can sometimes see things differently than they actually are, and that it’s okay to check and ask questions.

20minutes

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Introduction 5 minWhat do you see? 10 minReal life 3 minClosing 2 min

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“Today we’re going to learn that our eyes are amazing, but sometimes they play tricks on us! Has anyone ever thought they saw something, but it turned out to be something different?”

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