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Color Kaleidoscopes

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Students construct kaleidoscopes to demonstrate how an image is multiplied by angled mirrors before light rays reach their eyes. They follow step-by-step directions to create a kaleidoscope, and draw illustrations of the repeating patterns created by the kaleidoscope.

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kaleidoscopes, mirrors, patterns

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creating a kaleidoscope, kaleidoscope, mirrors, repeating patterns, science
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4th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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