thaumatrope 

​Lesson Objectives:

1. Have students create an artistic toy through this optics project

Materials:

• Craft materials
• Scissors
• Cardboard
• Glue
• Rubber bands

Let's Get Started!

When the rubber bands are twirled quickly between the fingers, the two pictures appear to blend into one due to the persistence of vision. Here's how to make a thaumatrope.

​Tasks: 

1. What else can you make instead of a bird and a cage? (Eg. a fish and a bowl) 
2. Find out similar projects that are based on the concept of persistence of vision.