 Volume 14, Issue 10 | November 2003 |
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Adventures in Optical Illusions:
The Eyeball and the Brain
Over six weeks this summer, students from UBRP participated
as instructors for a science camp run by the Arizona
Science Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
The camp, entitled Adventures in Optical Illusions: The
Eyeball and the Brain headed by Valerie Bontrager,
focused on uncovering the secrets of the eye for children
aged 4 to 12. The camp used activities such as eyeball and
brain dissection, studies of motion using strobe lights,
and Internet research to allow the children to explore the
wonder that is the human eye. U of A juniors James
Deer, Molly Englehard and Julia
Gerace all participated in the experience,
which also featured the artwork of artists such as M.C.
Escher, Patrick Hughes, and David Hockney, as well as a
unit on optical illusion for children to puzzle their eyes
over. All in all the experience was a valuable opportunity
to bring science to a larger audience, some of whom may
one day be aspiring researchers themselves.
James Deer, Biochemistry Junior and UBRPer in Dr. Raphael
Gruener’s lab, Physiology
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