What’s down there?
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When I was a young boy, too young even to go to school, I loved to spend my days outside. My father had a magnificent magnifying glass. Whenever I could, I would borrow it, and use it to examine closely anything I could find in our garden; a leaf, a flower, a crawling insect. One particular day, I was crouched down, waiting for something to catch my eye, when…
- What is he looking at?
- Where is this happening?
- How is he feeling?
- What questions would you ask him?
- What might happen next?
- Take a magnifying glass outside and look at plants in the environment. What do you notice that you cannot see with the naked eye?
- Try our hidden word magnifying glass game.
- Try this investigation into sight and magnifying glasses.
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