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Glass and Mirrors ToolKit: An Inside Look at Telescopes [Manual and Activity]

Glass and Mirrors ToolKit: An Inside Look at Telescopes [Manual and Activity]

  • Inside Venue
  • Nighttime Event
  • Outside Venue
  • Target Audience
  • Adult, Child, Teen
  • 03/04/2009

Photo: John Bolen / Zanesville Astronomy Club

Use these demonstrations to answer questions that the public (or new club members!) may have about how telescopes work. Show how both a reflector and a refractor work using a simple setup using just a couple of yardsticks, lenses, and mirrors. 

Uploaded: March 2009


Video

An Inside Look at Telescopes

Demonstration of the ToolKit activity.