Students explore magnification. In this scientific observation skills lesson plan, students observe sea life items and draw pictures of what they observe. Students predict which lens will have the strongest magnification when given three...

Learners use magnifiers and telescopes to view things close up. In this magnifiers and telescopes lesson plan, students use the tools to identify things that are close and far away. Learners tell details of things they can see closer.

The invention of magnifiers that allow us to see things that are otherwise invisible to us has revolutionized science. For this lesson, students use several types of magnifiers to investigate magnification, and record their observations....