Middle School Resource

Giant Lens by Exploratorium

A large hanging lens creates upside-down images of distant objects and right-side-up images of nearby objects. You can locate the upside-down images by using a piece of white paper as a screen. The right-side-up images are harder to find.

Related NY State Academic Standards: S.5.PS.1.3, MST4.I.PS4.4

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