Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! Try this experiment and then tell us what you discover!   What You Need: mirror a photo of yourself scissors paper glue or tape crayons, colored pencils, markers Tip: You need to cut the photo in half. If you don’t want to destroy the photo you can cut out a face from a magazine. Question: What’s in a face? 1) First, look at yourself in the mirror. Notice that your face has two eyes, two ears, and two nostrils. One half of your face looks the same as the other. When both halves of an image look the same it is called symmetry. 2) Fold the photo of your face in half, right down the middle of the nose. Cut the photo on the fold line. 3) Glue or tape half the photo to the paper. 4) Now, draw the missing half of your face! Remember that your face looks almost exactly the same on both sides. All you have to do is copy the half of the photo of your face. 5) Look at the mirror again and check your face against the picture you drew. How did you do? 6) Display your sensationally symmetrical picture on the fridge or in your room. A Scientific Explanation: A line of symmetry is the line along which an image can be divided so that the two halves mirror each other. For instance, there are four lines of symmetry in a square, while there are infinite lines of symmetry in a circle. Your face has one line of symmetry, right down the middle of your nose! EXTRA! EXTRA! Are animal faces symmetrical? Do some research and challenge yourself to find an animal face that isn’t symmetrical. The part of the nose that is symmetry is not only that but if you look at it closely the nose sometimes can appear to be flat. This sounds really funny but it is true. The mirror image takes away from the true 3-D image. - Sarah S. I discovered that this is fun! - Kelsi S. It looked kind of creepy! - Emma B. I discoverd that when I did it, the two sides looked alike! - Stephanie A. It was hard to draw the other half of my face. - Quiana B. I Look so much different!! - AKEYIA M. I think it looked wierd. - Natalie K. I discovered that my left ear is smaller than the right and my right eye is bigger than the left eye! - Paula O. I found out that it is a cool experiment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Emma L. In doing this experiment I discovered by looking in the mirror that both sides of my face are same. - Angelina D. This experiment was really cool. I like the face, I was very inspired. - Ashley E. I discovered that my dog's face is not symmetrical. - Delaney H. Hey everyone out there...just wanted to tell the people who have not tried it that I really loved doing it and I had alot of fun! - Chloe Z.