Looking closer with a magnifying glass
Why?
A magnifying glass makes small things look bigger, so we can see details our eyes miss.
A girl holds a magnifying glass over a leaf and the leaf's veins swell into a branching network like the roads on a map.
Press the button to look at a leaf and a salt grain through a magnifying glass.
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Under a magnifying glass a grain of salt grows into a tiny glass cube with sharp corners.
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Worked example
You look at a ladybird through a magnifying glass. Does the ladybird get bigger?