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Testing the Senses
Blind Spot: https: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/blind-spot
DATA to collect:
- Distance when the dot disappears. (Right eye)
- Distance when the dot reappears. (Left eye)
QUESTIONS to answer:
- Why the dot disappears and reappears?
- What is the size of your blind spot?
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Peripheral Vision: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/peripheral-vision
DATA to collect:
- Angle where you can detect motion.
- Angle where you can identify the colour.
- Angle where you can identify the shape.
- Angle where you can read the text..
QUESTIONS to answer:
- Are the visual receptors equally spread on the retina?
- Is there a difference in the data if you use different test images?
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Bird in a Cage: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bird-in-cage
DATA to collect:
- What is the colour of the bird if you start at the green bird? And with the blue one? And with the red one?
QUESTIONS to answer:
- Why is this happening?
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Stereo Sound: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/stereo-sound
DATA to collect:
- Total length of the plastic tube.
- Distance from the middle of the tube that you clearly identify the sound on your right ear.
- Distance from the middle of the tube that you clearly identify the sound on your left ear.
QUESTIONS to answer:
- Why we can identify the direction of the sounds we heard?
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