Stations-ID: A004

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Stations-ID: A008

?? English instruction:

Two people stand in the opposite corner of the room.
The others watch from outside the house. Which of the two people inside the
house seem taller?
• Examine the shape of the room. What angles and surfaces can you see?
• Which of the two people is standing closer to you? Which one looks bigger?
This construction is based on the work of the American optician Adelbert Ames
who probably built on Hermann Helmholtz’s ideas. This optical illusion finds a
very practical use in the film industry; In the ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, the
scenes involving hobbits and humans where shot in trapeze-shaped, distorted
sets to create the illusion of difference in size.

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Stations-ID: D052

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Stations-ID: D047

?? English instruction:

Three mirrors are set up to form a triangle. Who enters must take care to not lose themselves in their own reflections.

• Can you look at yourself from all · sides without moving?

• Raise your right hand. Which of your reflections raise their right hand, which their left?

The Earth Tower shown at Expo 2005 in Japan is thought to be the largest kaleidoscope in the world. Like a normal kaleidoscope, it is triangular – but 47 meters high.

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Stations-ID: D069

?? English instruction:

Spin the barrel.

Pluck one of the strings and observe it.

What do you notice when the barrel spins slower or quicker?

• Pluck a string. What can you see? What can you hear?

• What do you see when the barrel is spinning?

• What happens when the barrel is spinning slower?

• What’s the difference between the strings?

The strobe effect has many technical appliances. On good record players, the strobe effect is used to discern and adjust the rotation speed of the turntable. It is also used to discern the revolution rate of rotating machines or discover faults in rotating parts.

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Stations-ID: D010

?? English instruction:

Spin the wooden disk slowly and look at it from a distance of 2 meters.
• What kind of patterns can you see on the disc?
• What do the patterns look like when the disc is rotating?

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Stations-ID: D018

?? English instruction:

• What colours are in the pictures on the wall or your clothing?
• What colour does normal day-light or the light of the hand lamp have?
• What do the colours look like in white light?
• What colour does the sodium vapour lamp in this room have?
„Rays are not colored.“
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1827)

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Stations-ID: D056

Stations-ID: D060

Stations-ID: D045

Stations-ID: D014

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Stations-ID: D053

Stations-ID: D051

?? English instruction:

• Take one of the wheels out of its slot and hold it in front of your face, so that
you are looking at its black back.
• Now look at the mirror through the uppermost slot with one eye. Spin the
wheel – slowly at first, then faster. First to the right, then to the left.
• What do you see on the disc?
• What do you see in the mirror when you look through the slots in the disc
while it is rotating?
• What happens when the rotation is very slow?
• What do you see when looking directly onto the rotating disc?

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Stations-ID: D098

English instruction:

Light-machine: Turn the red crank wheel. Now press the three red buttons in turn. What happens? What difference is there between the 3 lamps? Do you also notice a difference when cranking?

Stations-ID: D026

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Stations-ID: D013

?? English instruction:

What do you see in blacklight?
• Examine the documents in the showcase, what do they look like in daylight?
• What do your clothes look like in blacklight?
• Smile at each other and you will be surprised!

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Stations-ID: D009

?? English instruction:

Concentrate your gaze on the striped wall and balance on one leg at the same time.

Now your partner makes the wall swing sideways.

• How long are you able to stand on one leg?

• What happens when you close your eyes?

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Stations-ID: D027

?? English instruction:

Step between the two mirrors and look into them.

How many mirror images do you see? Are they all the same?

• Lift your right hand. What are your mirror images doing?

• In what angle are the mirrors placed to each other?

• Look carefully at your face in the mirrors.

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Stations-ID: D019

?? English instruction:

Stand between both mirrors.

Compare this experiment with the mirror tunnel – what are the similarities, what are the differences?

• Look at your mirror images – how often can you see yourself from the front and from behind?

• What would you see if the mirrors were standing parallel to each other?

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Stations-ID: D044

?? English instruction:

Two mirrors are standing parallel to each other and a small slot allows the view into the infinite.

• Hold your hand into the Mirror Tunnel while you are looking through the slot – how often can you see it?

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Stations-ID: D050

?? English instruction:

Look in the mirror and draw or write in such a way that you can see and read it
correctly in the mirror.
Try to draw a cross or a house. Master illustrators can even draw the Olympic
rings (remember: three rings on top, two rings below!)
• Start with drawing vertical and horizontal lines – which ones are causing you
more difficulties?
• How long do you need until you can write your name so that you can read it in
the mirror?

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Stations-ID: D049

?? English instruction:

Three mirrors are standing vertically to each other. Is it possible to get a mirror image in such a construction?

What can you see at the centre, where all three mirrors meet?

• How many reflections can you see?

• Move back and forth in front of the triple mirror and look into the centre. What can you see?

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