Magnifying glass

A magnifying glass is a special tool that makes things appear bigger, like a magic trick! It has a round lens made of clear glass or plastic that bends or refracts light, which helps make smaller things look larger.

When you hold the magnifying glass close to your eye and bring the lens closer to what you want to magnify, like a bug or a page of a book, it makes it look much bigger! This is because the lens manipulates the light that passes through it, and the image that reaches your eye gets bigger.

It's kind of like when you use a human zoom lens, such as squinting your eyes to see something farther away. When you squint, you're changing the shape of your eyes to make the image clearer and bigger. The magnifying glass works similarly, but it's a lot easier and less tiring on your eyes.

So the next time you need to see something up close, grab a magnifying glass and explore the world in a bigger, more magical way!