Have you ever wondered what sort of microscopic critters are floating around in your water?This amazing experiment shows you how to to turn a simple laser pen into a microscope projector. Cool science experiments with Home Science.
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You want to make a stable droplet of water hand off the end of something,shine your laser pointer through the droplet onto a white surface, and watch.In this home experiment, a laser pointer was shone through a drop of water collected from a glass of water and the magnified image projected on an opposing wall.
Depending on your source of sample it might be full of live. The drop of water acts as a small spherical lens and as the light beam passes through, refraction causes a magnified image to appear on the wall beyond.
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The shadows of microbial life dotting around the wall can clearly be seen dancing, feeding and apparently battling it out in the spooky green pool of light.This means that a shadow created by a tiny creature inside the droplet will still be visible several metres away.
