How to Build a Movie Wheel (Phenakistiscope) @sciencetoymaker

Uploaded February 2009 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

Before there were movies, TV or video, there were zoetropes and movies wheels that helped people understand the persistence of vision, the science concept that fools our brain into perceiving still images as moving. This is a step by step instructional video that even elementary school kids can use to build their own movie wheel in half an hour or less.
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