YOU WILL NEED
› Pocket microscope
› Dead insect (from a window sill, for example)
HERE’S HOW
Use your microscope without its stand. Place a
dead insect on the table or another smooth
surface and then position the microscope
over it.
TIP !
There are lots of places where you can find
“bugs” such as insects, spiders, or roly-
polies. Take a look in the corners of the
basement, under boards or rocks in the
garden, or in a lampshade inside a room. Be
sure to have your parents help you.
There are plenty of dead bugs that you will
be able to find. Do not kill any bugs for your
experiments!
BUGS UP CLOSE!
Insects and other bugs possess an
exoskeleton
made of chitin. On the surface,
you will often find hairs, scales, or other
structures. The eyes of insects consist of
many individual eyes and are called
compound eyes.
On their feet, you can often
see claws or suction disks, and the wings will
have lots of fine veins running through them.
EXPERIMENT 2
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