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Building a Telescope
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 Audience: Educators
Grades: 9-12


By using mailing tubes and convex lenses along with other household items, students build refracting telescopes. After building them, students compute the power or magnification of their telescopes.

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This activity is part of the Optics Educator Guide.
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