Our brains can warp straight lines if an object in the middle of them looks like it's drawing closer, because it wants to emphasize it as a potential threat.

When you look at an object, you are really seeing the light that is bouncing off of it and entering your eye, which is converted into electrochemical impulses that your brain interprets as an image.

To do this your brain interprets everything at once and takes shortcut so you can have a quick reaction time to escape dangerous situations.

Our brain is constantly trying to protect us from threats in our world by quickly making sense of a 3D world with our2D retinas.

Our brains are the key in creating images.

Optical illusions make sense when you remind yourself your eyes are only the beginning of the process of what we see.

The observations used to describe properties and make explanations are based on how they are observed and can be inaccurate. This helps me make claims, explanations of is happening, and to predict what might happen in the future.īig ideas: See also Concepts & misconceptions

When I experiment I collect observations that describe how different properties change (become variables) when objects and systems interact.

Inquiry, process, & cross cutting concepts & skills

Optical Illusion Magic Visual Tricks & Amusements.

Optical Illusions: Challenge your visual thinking.

Spinners & twirlers - tops, zoomers & bird & cage, twirlers, rollers: wheels, wheels & axles, cups, & spheres ( Primary grades and above).

Includes lesson plans, lab notebook for notes, and support materials.

Perspective illusions - book, table, men at stationĪ sequence of plans to facilitate a review and develop a deeper understanding that optical illusions are the misperceptions of stimuli received by the eye, or senses, and interpretation of the brain.

Black, white, gray illusions - dots move, change size.

Lab note 7 - Perspective illusions - Book open or closed, men on platform, tables & Warped Window illusion.

Lab note 5 - Shadows, black, white, gray illusions.Lab note 3 - Zoomer & tops - color blending And zoomers & pencil flipper - bird in cage illusion.Lab note 2 - Hello Red Fox by Eric Carle other colors?.Lab note 1 - Go - Stop image & Saturate and Surround Color.

Activity 7 - Perspective and Warped Window illusion.

Activity 5 - Shadows, black, white, gray illusions.Activity 3 - Zoomer & tops - color blending And zoomers & pencil flipper - bird in cage illusion.Activity 2 - Hello Red Fox by Eric Carle other colors?.Activity 1 - Go - Stop image & Saturate and Surround Color.

Optical illusion 3d cutting board plans