Question

Describe the construction of a kaleidoscope.

Answer 1

To make a kaleidoscope, get three rectangular mirror strips. Join them together to form a prism. Fix them in a circular cardboard tube or tube of a thick chart paper. Make sure that the tube is slightly longer than the mirror strips. Close one end of the tube by a cardboard disc having a hole in the centre, through which you can see At the other end, touching the mirrors, fix a circular plane glass plate. Place on this glass plate several small pieces of coloured glass. Close this end of the tube by a ground glass plate. Allow enough space for the colour

pieces to move around. Your kaleidoscope is ready.

When you peep through the hole, you will be able to see a variety of patterns in the tube. Interesting feature of a kaleidoscope is that you will never see the same pattern again.