Light, Images, Movement

Construct a simple 4 frame animation theatre. Learn to wire the circuits that will cause four LEDs to flash in sequence through four drawings on a transparency. The projected image will become animated.

Learn the anatomy of animation and the phenomenon of persistence of vision. With a teacher's resource guide by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts

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Camera Obscura

A complete light laboratory in a box. Construct a box that captures and focuses images. Use it as a camera obscura...an artist's drawing tool. Or make it into a model of the eye. Then rearrange the elements. Direct a light source on an image inside the box to project the image into a darkened room – recreate one of Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest leaps of invention: a projector..
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Connecticut Clipper

In the first half of the 19th century, Connecticut joined the race to California and China in sleek, bold Clipper Ships. Construct a model clipper with a hold to export and import cargo that built Connecticut's industry and commerce.

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