25. Hubble Space Telescope

Materials

• Bathroom tissue roll

• Sheet of foil, 6" x 8"

• 6" skewer

• 2 black construction paper strips, 1 1/2" x 6"

• 1 black construction paper circle, approx. 2" in diameter

• 1 black construction paper square, 2" x 2"

• Tape

• Scissors (optional)

Procedure

1. Roll the sheet of foil around the bathroom tissue roll, shiny side out. Secure the foil by tucking it into the roll at each end. (This is the main body of the telescope.)

2. Have an adult puncture two holes in the middle of the roll, one on each side.

3. Insert the skewer through both holes.

4. Attach a l 1/2" x 6" strip of black paper to each skewer. (These are the "solar arrays".)

5. Close one end of the "telescope" using a construction paper circle and tape.

6. Use a piece of tape to attach a black construction paper "flap" over the other end. (This flap opens and closes over the telescope's lens.)

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