Tubes, Frames, Lenses and Mirrors

Viewing activities with frames, lenses and mirrors

Photo of three students in a hallway looking at a mirror on the floor between them. Photo of two students backing away from the mirror on the floor. Photo of one student holding the mirror up for another student while the third looks at the mirror over her shoulder. Photo of a student sitting in a hallway holding up a mirror that reflects her face and the hall behind her. Photo of a student sitting on the floor holding up an empty wooden frame with a string passing through it. Photo of the student stretching another string through the frame along sighting lines. Photo of a grid drawn on plexiglass placed over a frame and a mirror placed above the grid. Photo of a student on the floor sighting along a tube against which she's holding two straws. Photo of two students sighting an object and using their hands to compare and gauge size. Photo of two students sighting and comparing their perspectives of an object. Photo of students stretching a string taught through two empty wooden frames arranged perpendicular to one another on tripods. Photo of students looking through the perpendicularly arranged wooden frames at a stuffed dog, a string indicating line-of-sight. Photo of students setting up the line-of-sight string. Photo of a scissors hanging from a string attached to the wall by a hook. Photo of students setting up a line-of-sight string toward a lute. Photo of students viewing along the string to the lute. Photo of a string running from the lute [left] through the picture frame which is crosswise to the photograph's view and to the wall; students look through the picture frame.