3. Things May Not Be What They Seem Do you see circles or spirals? Are some of the squares bigger?
4. Activity 1: Appearances May Be Deceiving 1. Which of the two vertical lines is longer? 3. Draw a 9” 11” rectangle and cut it along the dashed line, as shown. Slide the lower piece down and to the left. Cut out the small triangle that sticks out at the lower left and use it to fill the opening at the upper right. You get a 10” 10” square. 2. Which of the two white squares is larger? Explain how the area of the figure increased from 99 to 100.
5. Activity 2: Does 64 Equal 65? Cut out an 8” 8” square as shown and rearrange the pieces to form a 5” 13” rectangle, thus proving 64 = 65. What is wrong with this?
10. Ambiguous Images Do you see a vase or two faces? A B Is Point A closer to us than B or further back? Man playing saxophone or girl’s face? Stairs: top side or bottom side? Rabbit or bird? Young woman or old woman?
11. What Do You See in These Pretty Patterns? Fix your stare at a specific point and describe what you experience. Repeat the process, this time slowly moving your head back and forth.
14. Illusion of Distortion Horizontal lines appear slanted in the middle portion of the diagram Vertical lines appear crooked, but they are perfectly straight Which line on the left is a continuation of the one on the right?
16. Illusion of Distortion or Deformation The figure on the right spins when you view this page in a slide show. Notice how the shape is deformed as it spins.
17. Activity 3: Experiencing Distortion In each of the following diagrams, use a ruler and pencil to connect the black dots on either side using two horizontal lines. Explain what you see.
18. Activity 4: Where Does the Sixth Box Go? Cut along the dashed line . . . and shift the bottom half to left, as shown below. What happened to one of the boxes?
19. Activity 5: Making People Appear and Disappear 1. Count the people in the picture to the right and write the number down. 2. The upper half of the picture is redrawn below. Cut out the rectangular pieces 1 and 2 by cutting along the dashed lines. 3. Now, put the two cut-out pieces in reverse order on the picture above, covering the original pieces (piece 1 on the right and piece 2 on the left). 4. Recount the number of people and explain what happened. 1 3 2 1 3 2