Frames and Tubes

Sighting activities with frames and tubes

Photo of students in a hallway looking at one another through an empty wooden frame on a tripod. Photo of two students looking through the wooden frame from a distance. Photo of a student in front of a wooden frame with a sheet of paper silhouetting the railing against which it's attached. Photo of the student sketching the silhouette of the railing. Photo of a student showing the class her sketch on plexiglass of what she saw through her frame. Photo of a student blackboard drawing showing student viewer [left]; frame [middle]; viewed object[right] and relative motion [arrow]. Photo of a student sketch on paper of the view through a frame. Photo of a student sketch on plexiglass showing the view through a frame. Photo of students pointing at an unseen object in the night sky. Photo of students using tubes to observe the object. Photo of a student studying the object through her tube. Photo of a student pointing his phone toward the object to identify it. Photo of another student looking through a tube at the night sky. Photo of a student sketch on paper of a fence and shadows around sunset.