Lens Lollipop Lesson Plan!

(We developed this in collaboration with a 1^st/2^nd grade Gifted and Talented teacher in Tucson)

Suggested time: 30 minutes

Grade range: 1^st-5^th

Materials: Assorted lens lollipops – at least one for each student, with a few extras in case the students want to look through multiple lenses at once.

Vocabulary: Lens, magnifying, minifying, nearsighted, farsighted, focus

Optional vocabulary: Convex, concave, radius of curvature, focal length, spherical

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Want to see what people think of candy lenses? Check out pictures 56-58 from the College of Optical Science's Laser Fun Day!

There's also this gem:

Have you ever wanted to make your own lenses...and then eat them? If so, Edible Optics is for you!

We're about to launch a Kickstarter to fund the infrastructure we'll need to start cranking out edible lenses, prisms, and science kits. Watch this space!