Optical illusions!

Hello again! Today, in this post I am share with you an interesting topic that we can use with students of primery in order to teach Geometry in a motivating way. I am talking about, optical illusions. 

When your eyes see a picture they send an image to your brain, which your brain then has to make sense of. But sometimes your brain gets it wrong. The result is an optical illusion.

Depending on light, viewing angle, or the way the picture is drawn, we may see things that aren't there.

It is really funny for children to work with optical illusions due to they will think they are in movement, as we think as well. In that way we can also introduce not only Geometry but also polygons, figures and symmetry as well with optical illusion images.

I want to share with you some examples;

Teachers can use optical illusions in order to make something different in class. In addition, I am sure that children enjoy any activity using it such as the process as the result. 

Furthermore, it is a suitable way to develop the imagination of the learners throughout the exprimentation. In that sense they can create different draws using optical illusions and then they can share them with the class. It is a funny and a transversal way to enjoy the geometry!

In this video you can find an example of a optical illusion drawing. I hope you have enjoyed this post, see you!