Light Visions:
Eye Sight to Star Light

Picture Light

What is light? What makes light white? How does it travel? Shadow exhibits introduce this concept in a unique way. Experiment with lenses, mirrors, prisms and light. Step into a giant camera. How does it work like your eyes to form an image?

Virginia Science SOLs: K.2, K.4, 3.11, 5.3, 6.1, 6.3, PS.2, PS.6, PH.9, PH.11

Seeing Things

Experience interactive illusions that play with your perceptions and baffle your brain! Step into a room where first-graders are bigger than their teachers! Put your head on a platter. You won't believe your eyes!
Virginia Science SOLs: K.7, 5.3, PS.9, PH.9, PH.11

Cosmic Visions

Understand the phases of the moon. When is the Big Dipper not the Big Dipper? What stars can be seen from your backyard tonight? Touch a rock from outer space as you explore your universe!

Virginia Science SOLs: K.1, K.7, K.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 2.1, 3.1, 3.8, 4.2, 4.7, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.8, PS.6, PS.9, PS.10, ES.3, ES.4, ES.14, PH.5, PH.11

 

Photos by Darl Bickel/Richmond Times-Dispatch