i need something easy its for my brother hes in the 5th grade
2007-12-10 10:58:33 · 4 answers · asked by purplefairy0994 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Begin going to yard sales and looking at the classified ads in your local newspaper. You will find lots of them for sale used. It is much easier to purchase one than to build one because not many people have the ability to grind and polish glass in the necessary curves accurately. As an alternative, get him a really good, used set of binoculars. If you hunt around you should be able to get either one for less than $50 used. this will not be state of the art stuff, but perfectly good for a five or six year old.
2007-12-10 11:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, telescopes are very hard to make at home, sine the optical parts are very difficult to find. For someone in 5th grade, a used binocular would probably be a better choice than a cheap telescope.
2007-12-10 22:25:23 · answer #2 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Piece of pipe, a magnifying glass and some tape. Clear plastic wrap for the other end.
2007-12-10 19:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by Soniafrompa 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you can get blue prints off the internet just type in google and i had found several pages on this
2007-12-10 19:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by kimberly b 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋