Live Presentations
Mind Games & Optical Illusions
Volunteers from the audience participate in demonstrations that reveal how the brain can be tricked. See the world the way it really isn't, and investigate how our senses trick us.
Visit the exhibit Seeing Is Deceiving before or after this presentation.
Available: May 4 - June 18; Tuesdays - Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.
| Format | Live Presentation |
| Grades | 4 – 12 |
| Location | Cahners Theater — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | n/a |
| Reservation | Advance registration available for school groups. Call 617-723-2500. |
| Fee | Free with Museum Exhibit Halls admission |
Mind Games & Optical Illusions
+ View Detailed Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > Systems in Living Things (Grade: 6 – 8)
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
References:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 9 – 12)
– View Concise Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > 06 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > 06 Systems in Living Things (Grade: 6 – 8)
Identify the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, protection from disease, and movement, control, and coordination) and describe ways that these systems interact with each other.
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. Some investigations involve observing and describing objects, organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some involve seeking more information; some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena; and some involve making models.
References:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 9 – 12)
Identify possible reasons for inconsistent results, such as sources of error or uncontrolled conditions.
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