 Why doesn't it look like the photos? Ever had that question at the telescope? There's two main reasons the view through the scope doesn't look like the photographs. One is time exposures. And second, the use of color in images that represents what would otherwise be invisible to our eyes, referred to as representational color. This set of activities covers both these reasons and helps your visitors understand why photographs are different from what your eye sees at the telescope. It introduces why NASA needs many different kinds of telescopes to detect energy our eyes cannot see. From the media and resources bag, you'll want to select one of the posters. In the activity bag, you'll find these items. For the activity on exposure time, we've provided paper cups, galaxy stencils, laminated galaxy cutouts. You'll need to cut these apart. There are extra galaxy stencils and cutouts in case of damage. A container of vermiculite representing photons of light with a shaker top. Black construction paper, white construction paper. Use this to print your galaxy stencils on if you need to cut out more of them. The master for the galaxy stencils is on the manual. We'll go over the assembly in a minute, but you'll need to provide a knife to cut the bottom out of the cup, a pencil, scissors, and some glue. For the card sorting game, introducing representational color. We've included Rusty, the infrared dog. It's two-sided. Two USA image cards also two-sided. Universe in a different light playing cards. These are two-sided. You'll have to cut these apart yourself. Universe in a different light postcards. These have images from the playing cards organized by type of object. And on the back is an explanation of what each image shows. If you want, you can punch holes in the corners of the postcards and use the included ring to hold them together. If you have a larger audience, and this is indoors, you might prefer to use the PowerPoint slides in the file named Not Like Photos on the manual and resources CD. The PowerPoint presentation includes slides of Rusty, the USA images, and the images from the postcards. Here's what you need to prepare for the exposure time activity. You'll need the knife to cut out the bottom of a cup. You can also use a regular tin can with the top and bottom cut out. Take the cup and draw a circle over the stencil. Cut out the stencil and glue or tape the galaxy stencil to the bottom edge of the cup, like this. Don't recess it. The stencil must be in direct contact with the surface it's sitting on. Let the glue dry thoroughly before using it in a demonstration. Then place the cup on black construction paper. You might want to spread out a plastic tablecloth or newspapers to catch any stray photons. So let's see how this can be used.