How to use a Hand lens

1. If you are right-handed, hold the lens in your right hand as close as you can to your right eye (and vice versa for left-handers). If you wear glasses, you can take them off or not – whatever is the most comfortable.
2. Place the specimen on the petri dish, white surface or an appropriate surface, then move the lens towards the specimen until you get a clear image.
3. Record your observation and illustrate by drawing the magnified specimen.

Virtual experiment.

Procedure.

1. Look at the image first before magnifying it and record the visible feature.
2. Adjust magnification to x6 and hand lens size to 400.
3. Move the magnifier over the image
4. Record your observation are there differences?

To work out the magnification of an illustration you have made, then you need to use the formular.