SENSE AND SENSIBILITY The senses and how we use them

SOUNDS INTERESTING - THE SCIENCE OF HEARING

We see how sound is made, how it changes in pitch, how we hear it; how it is transmitted through the air and other materials, how resonance works.

Magic tricks

All tricks are self-working, and easy to do at home

Birth of Sound - making sound from a ruler.
Singing in the Drain - finding resonance in solid objects.
Whining Wine - glass harp from wine glasses.
Harmonious Spuds - swing moves between them.
Bottle Blow - resonance makes it swing better.
Small Ben - Big Ben from a coat hanger.
Ventriloquism - why it works.

SIGHTS FOR SORE EYES - THE SCIENCE OF SEEING

These tricks demonstrate how light travels through the air, and how glass bends it. With the aid of optical illusions we study how vision works - there's more to light than meets the eye.

Magic tricks

All tricks are self-working, and easy to do at home

Rabbit Scores a Duck - one shape becomes another.
Four Sided Card - a card shows 1, 3, 4 and 6 spots.
Optical Illusions - various.
The Spot That's Not - the blind spot.
Well Swum Swan - lensing effect of water in a glass.
Disappearing Glass - light refraction.
That's the Way the Money Goes - a coin disappears.
That's the Way the Money Comes Back - more refraction.
That's the Way the Money Floats - refraction again.

TOUCH AND GO - THE SCIENCE OF TOUCH.

Balance and orientation; how touch receptors work, how we coordinate our bodies in relation to the outside world.

Magic tricks

All tricks are self-working, and easy to do at home

Lucky Guess - use touch to guess a coin toss every time.
Rub-Tap - fooling the senses.
Knee-Jerk - unconditioned response.
Up in Arms - uncontrollable Arm Levitation.
What Nerve! - touch receptors on the back and fingers.
Finger foxing - getting the fingers mixed up.
Dizziness - how it happens.
Finding the Way - with eyes shut; the internal map.

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