Summary
Mark rigs a spinning ceiling fan with lights to freeze motion in mid-air, like the 'bullet time' movie effect, using nothing fancy. It plays with how our eyes and cameras capture light over time.
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Ages 7+
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Your eyes hold onto each image for a split second. Flashing lights and fast spinning trick that timing to 'freeze' motion.
- Why can a quick flash make a spinning object look frozen?
- How is the way a camera 'sees' similar to and different from your eyes?
- What everyday things use flashing or spinning to create an illusion?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: light, vision, flash, illusion.
Try it: Wave your fingers in front of a flickering screen or light. Do they look choppy? Describe what your eyes are doing.