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The Telescope

Chapter 4: The Adventure Kit

The Telescope

"Looking far at the big picture."

A giant telescope pointing at the moon.

About this page

After peering down at the microbes, the Squad swings a great telescope up toward the moon. Paired with the microscope page before it, this scene completes a lovely idea, that research means choosing your distance. Sometimes you zoom in on tiny details, and sometimes you step back to see the big picture, and both views are true at once. Telescopes, like microscopes, are tools that stretch what our eyes can do. A clear night and a pair of binoculars turn this page into real screen-free STEM time, no lab required. The halfway point of the book ends with eyes on the sky.

Talk about it while you color

  • What would you want to look at first if this telescope were yours?
  • What do you think the moon looks like up close through the lens?
  • How is looking through a telescope different from looking through a microscope?