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Powers of Ten with the Blue Morpho Butterfly

This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of scale and magnification when examining a Blue Morpho butterfly wing. The activity requires the use of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) but images are provided if there is no access to an SEM.

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Photo credit: Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel