Water Drop Microscope

In today’s experiment we have one of our volunteers, Tiffany, show us how to make a simple microscope to magnify objects using a water drop and magnifying glass. Convex lenses such as a water drop or magnifying glass help to magnify images. Convex lenses are used in microscopes to allow us to study a whole world of things invisible to the human eye, including bacterial cells and animal cells. Convex lenses are also used in eyeglasses and camera lenses. For this experiment, you’ll need a plastic water bottle, a recycled sheet of clear plastic (e.g., from a salad container), scissors, a marker, water, a magnifying glass, a dropper or paintbrush, and a specimen to observe (e.g., a leaf, a feather, a dead bug). You can skip ahead to 0:43 to jump straight to the experiment! Our links: ► Pueblo Science Website: https://puebloscience.org ► Donate to Pueblo Science to help make science accessible: https://puebloscience.org/donate-now/ ► Order our “Around the World Science” E-book: https://puebloscience.org/ebook/ ► Gift our E-book to a child: https://puebloscience.org/gift-an-ebook/ You can also find Pueblo Science on: ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PuebloScience ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puebloscience/ ► Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@puebloscience Pueblo Science is a Toronto-based charity dedicated to advancing science education and developing alternative teaching kits that are engaging and fun for children, while still being inexpensive, and can be locally reproduced by science educators in underserved communities around the world. This video was made with the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Learn more at: https://www.otf.ca/ #charity #community #kidscience #education #science #project #DIY #stem #students #sciencevideo #experiment #scienceexperiment #scienceathome #experimentsforkids #craftsforkids #learnathome #learning #steam #scientists #handsonlearning #scienceeducation #puebloscience #chemistry #biology #physics #mathematics #psychology #scienceliteracy #accessibility #accessibleeducation #accessiblescience