Sentences with phrase «hand lens»

While half the class observed with hand lenses and recorded observations, the other half used the flex cam to see if they could uncover more details.

A thorough examination of the plants is necessary, so use a hand lens to look closely at unhealthy tissue.

Using a combination of powerful microscopes, hand lenses, and 3D reconstructions, the researchers looked for telltale signs of deliberate cutting on the cow skull.

«A hand lens is the one thing geologists don't leave home without — and the Mars rover Curiosity will have one too»

A hand lens is «the one thing geologists don't leave home without», Grotzinger explains — and Curiosity carries one too, in the form of the camera MAHLI, or Mars hand lens imager.

None of this is obvious to me as I start swinging my rock hammer, and bring rock chunks into focus with my hand lens.

«You can recognize them with a hand lens,» Simonson says.

The former carries a suite of instruments including a camera that will be used to peer at rocks, like a geologist using a hand lens.

If you find an interesting rock (and you will) Holly will employ her rock hammer and hand lens to tell you all she can about its origins, history, and composition.

Her students used the flex cam — which allowed students to see greater detail than they could with a hand lens alone — to observe different insects.

The teacher had students start crystal observations with a hand lens.

Students also each chose a rock from a science kit and then each researched the uses of «their» rock, observed it with a hand lens and used their close observation skills to accurately draw a color picture of the rock to accompany their research.

This includes examining the eye with a head set, hand lens, panophthalmoscope and slit lamp to aid in magnification of different parts of the eye.

A hand lens or small magnifying glass can also help you to examine ears, eyes, and wounds more closely, investigate skin growths, or check for splinters, foreign bodies, or lacerations.