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Today, I'm going to show you how to make an upside down telescope. The reason it's called
an upside down telescope is because all the images that you see through the telescope
are going to be upside down. The reason for this is that we're going to be using two magnifying
glasses; one on each end of an elongated tube. Because the image is going to be shown through
both magnifying glasses at the same time, the image actually gets turned upside down.
It's a lot of fun. It can actually be used as a science project in schools because there's
a lot of explanation that can be used with this project. For instance; why the image
is upside down, and how we can see things from far away when using a magnifying glass,
which usually is used at a close distance. But even without the explanation, the project
is a lot of fun, and there are hours and hours of play time with this project. I'm sure you'll
enjoy making it. Let me show you the supplies you're going to need to make the upside down
telescope. We're going to need a scissors, and a pencil for making some markings on our
paper, because we're going to need to cut the corrugated paper, and we want some exact
measurements. We need some rubber cement glue, and we're going to need two magnifying glasses.
They can just be regular children's magnifying glasses that you can find in a school supply
store, or in a craft store; nothing fancy, but they need to be two of the exact same
size magnifying glasses. Make sure that they're the same size, so that when we attach them
on either end, we'll be able to see the same through both of them. We're going to need
some markers. They're going to be used to decorate the corrugated paper, which is going
to make up the body of the telescope. We're going to roll it up, and seal it, and that
will actually hold the two magnifying glasses; one on each end, and that's going to be the
body of the telescope. So now, I've shown you the supplies that you're going to need
to make your upside down telescope.