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STEAM Explorers!

Optical-Illusion Thaumatropes

2023-02-22 16:00:00 2023-02-22 17:00:00 America/New_York STEAM Explorers! Experience the "persistence of vision" phenomenon behind movies by creating your own simple optical-illusion toy that combines two images into one! Ives Main Library - Children's Program Room

Wednesday, February 22
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-22 16:00:00 2023-02-22 17:00:00 America/New_York STEAM Explorers! Experience the "persistence of vision" phenomenon behind movies by creating your own simple optical-illusion toy that combines two images into one! Ives Main Library - Children's Program Room

Ives Main Library

Children's Program Room

Experience the "persistence of vision" phenomenon behind movies by creating your own simple optical-illusion toy that combines two images into one!

Thaumatropes can be made from a card with a different image on each side, sandwiched around a stick.  When you spin the stick quickly in your hands, the two images look like they’re combining to form a new, single image (like the images of a flip-book combining into a little movie).  We’ll be creating this optical-illusion toy by drawing our own fun images that blend together.

AGE GROUP: | Family and Children (6-12) |

EVENT TYPE: | Education and Lifelong Learning |

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Ives Main Library

Phone: 203-946-8130

Hours
Mon, Mar 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 29 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 30 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Apr 01 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 02 Closed

About the branch

The Ives Main Library, designed by renowned architect, Cass Gilbert in 1911, is a cornerstone of the historic New Haven Green. The facility is a community treasure and features unique design details, including several WPA-era murals. Ives is open 54 hours a week, Monday-Saturday, and houses major public service departments for children and teens as well as adult reference, a computer tech center and Ives Squared, a newly renovated space for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Upcoming events

Mon, Mar 27, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room

Wed, Mar 29, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room

Wed, Mar 29, 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Wed, Mar 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Room

Thu, Mar 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Sat, Apr 01, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Program Room

Sat, Apr 01, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Teen Center

Sat, Apr 01, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room

Sat, Apr 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Program Room

Mon, Apr 03, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room

Mon, Apr 03, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tinker Lab

Wed, Apr 05, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Program Room

Wed, Apr 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Room

Wed, Apr 05, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Community Program Room

Thu, Apr 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Apr 06, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Computer Classroom