How to Do a Project on Binoculars
Binoculars are a personal telescopic device that have been used for centuries. They are used in many fields, and are a useful tool for observing the world around us. A project on binoculars should explain how they work and give examples of the types of uses for binoculars, as well as a bit about their history. Do a project on binoculars by researching their history, explaining how they operate and showing pictures of items as they look with the naked eye, and then with the help of binoculars.
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Things You'll Need
- Binoculars
- Poster board or PC
- Presentation software
- Pictures of items as seen with binoculars
- Diagram showing how binoculars work
Instructions
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Begin with a short definition of binoculars. Type a definition of the word, which really just means bi (two) ocular (eyed). Give a definition of binoculars as a telescopic device that magnifies the sight you would normally have with two eyes. For an exact definition, you may paraphrase the definition given in the dictionary. For some background information, including history and the original inventor, you may summarize a short entry from an encyclopedia. However, be sure to state that you got the information from a dictionary and encyclopedia to prevent plagiarism, which is the improper copying of published information.
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Copy and paste your definition and background information into presentation software or place it on a poster board. If your presentation is in an electronic format, you have the option to add all sorts of animations, and to click through the pieces of information one at a time. If your project is on poster board, fold it into thirds so that viewers will get introductory information first, then progress to more specific information and details later.
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Find pictures of items seen up close and from afar. Demonstrate the difference as seen by looking through a pair of binoculars and a situation in which one might find binoculars helpful. For example, you may want to show a whale out at sea with a picture of the whale as observed without binoculars, and another picture as seen through binoculars. You don't actually have to find binoculars that take pictures --- just show a picture with and without magnification.
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Explain with a simple diagram in the middle or beginning of your project that binoculars serve to magnify vision. Show the eye's path of vision and how the right and left eyes work together to see without binoculars. Then, show the lenses on binoculars and how they work with the eye's natural line of sight to magnify or improve normal vision. You may even want to explain that normal eyeglasses and magnifying glasses operate using similar principles. Make the diagram as simple as possible, and label all parts so that viewers can clearly understand the underlying principle behind your project.
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Tips & Warnings
You may wish to include a section in your project with any vocabulary that viewers may be unfamiliar with, such as, "lens," "prisms" or "objective."
References
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