Monthly Archives: December 2010

Optical Illusions

Posted on December 29, 2010 by adelle

The same color illusion—also known as Adelson’s checker shadow illusion, checker shadow illusion and checker shadow—is an optical illusion published by Edward H. Adelson, Professor of Vision Scienceat MIT in 1995.[1] The image depicts a checkerboard with light and dark squares. The optical illusion is that the area … Continue reading →

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Everyday Example of Calculating Percent

Posted on December 15, 2010 by adelle
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Cow’s Eye Dissection

Posted on December 15, 2010 by adelle

Click on the link below for some extra info on the Cow’s Eye Dissection Lab http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/

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Dividing Decimals

Posted on December 14, 2010 by adelle

Division of Decimals by Decimals The procedure for the division of decimals is very similar to the division of whole numbers. Make the divisor into a whole number by multiplying both it and the dividend by the same number (such … Continue reading →

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