Physics

Lenses

A beam of light seems intangible: you cannot touch it or even see how it travels through the air. Even so, with the “Lenses” set by MEL Science, you will learn how to use lenses to reveal and manipulate a laser beam, and even how to make a small object invisible!

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You will build:

Laser knife
Light bending device
Spherical microscope

You will learn:

See how different lenses influence a laser beam
Visualize the beam’s path
How a lens can hide a popsicle stick
Create unearthly images with a spherical lens and a laser

What's inside the "Lenses" set?

Everything you need to complete the project successfully.

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Loved by parents

Cynthia Marion Mixon

"The fact that it is very interactive, and encourages abstract thought and the discipline of method and observation. It is also A LOT OF FUN! Even for the parent. My kids want to go into scientific fields as a result!"

Keith Churchill

"Experiments are well laid out with enough material to do the experiments again if you like. They’re a fun way to introduce kids to science and it will do them well when they start science at school."