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Down to the nuts and bolts of making your microscope. The materials you need are:
A plastic cup
Cling wrap
Rubber band
Scissors
Water
And some interesting specimens to look at
And this is how you make a microscope:
1. Using the scissors cut a hole in the bottom of the plastic cup. This does not have to be neat – it is simply an access point to get your specimens into the bottom of the cup.
2. Stretch a piece of cling wrap over the top of the cup and secure it with a rubber band.
3. Find a specimen and place it through your cut-out hole in the bottom of the cup.
4. Pour a little water on top of the cling wrap – ideally you want a small pool of water.
5. Look at your specimen through the water. The water acts as a lens and makes your specimen look larger. This is the wow moment!!!
6. Find more specimens and look at them. You will probably have to keep adding water to the top of the cup as it will spill over.
This microscope is best used outside because of the water spillage. Getting outdoors with your microscope also gives you easy access to lots of nature based specimens.
7. Take a picture of your work and submit it using this Science Challenge form.
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