Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope

photographs by Bruce Iverson

there is a picture of a yellow daisy.

Eye

There are many ways to look at things around us. You can look at flowers with your eyes and see beautiful colors and patterns.

there is a closeup picture of the flower.

Magnifying Glass

A magnifying glass makes the flower look bigger. You see details that your eye missed.

there is a microscopic picture of small beige ovals covered with spikes.

Microscope

And with a very powerful microscope you can see these spiky balls. They are the grains of powdery pollen that bees collect when they make honey—and that can make you sneeze!

there is a picture of a small spider.

Eye

You might see this orb weaver spider spinning its web in your garden.

there is a closeup of the spiders belly.

Magnifying Glass

Look closer and you can see its head and where its legs attach to its body.

there is a microscopic picture of the spider's head.

Microscope

If you could look at it under a microscope, you might not even know you were looking at a spider's head.

there is a picture of a leaf.

Eye

You can see a leaf with your eyes.

there is a closeup of the leaf.

Magnifying Glass

With a magnifying glass you can look closer at the veins that carry food and water to the plant.

there is a microscopic picture of the leaf's surface.

Microscope

But you need a microscope to see the tiny openings on the leaf that let air in and out.

Vocabulary

microscope:
A microscope is used to see things that are too small to see with our eyes alone. Microscopes can make tiny things look big.

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