Science Projects And Inventions

YOU NEED:

• Two pocket mirrors
• A magazines

Two mirrors put at a 60 – degree angle to each other helps make a kaleidoscope. A hexagonal patter is produced due to reflection of bits of coloured glass.  A Kaleidoscope can be made at home with two pocket mirrors. Take the magazine and place the mirrors on it. It should not be difficult to adjust them to a 60 degree angle by looking into the mirrors and moving them until you see a reflection that has six sides to it as in the illustration.

Keeping the angle fixed move the mirrors on the magazine page. You will observe the constantly changing patterns of a kaleidoscope.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

A symmetrical image is created by the 60 degree angle of the mirrors. This creates six reflections, each the mirror image of the one next to it.

This is because each regular shape that you witness is made up of two parts of the mirror.