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Light Lab

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For this light and the eye worksheet, learners perform eight tests to show the blind spot in the human eye, to demonstrate Benham's disk, to show how polarized lenses work, to show how light scatters, to demonstrate fiber optic, rainbows, 3D images and retinal response time.

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light waves, light, retina, eyes, cones

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blind spot, cones, light waves, retina, rods, science
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7th - 10th
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Science
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