Digital
Microscopy Leadership - Grades 6-8 Cairo, Egypt 2006 - Page 2
Participants are given diagrams of microscopic organisms—Amoeba,
Chlamydomonas, Cyclops, Euglena, Grammarus,
Volvox, etc.—and asked
to find their organism’s twin. Here Paul and Melissa match their
organisms. |

Wayne and Rachael are a match too. They must tell what they know
about the organism, identify it, and introduce their partner to the
group. |

Valerie and Adriana prepare for their mutual group introductions. |

Here Vickie introduces the DigiScope and describes its alignment
with the standards of Project AERO.
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Vickie describes the DigiScope, its components, and how to use them. |
 Participants
take their DigiScopes out of the carrying cases, while Vickie
continues to describe its components.
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Here Vickie demonstrates how to use the DigiScope as a stand-alone
microscope not connected to laptop computers. |

Rachael listens to Vickie’s instructions.
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Cory and Amina view organisms through their stand-alone microscopes. |

Craig and Tina get the “feel” of the DigiScope used as light
microscopes.
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Melissa checks out some interesting objects found around the room. |

Tina investigates microscopic critters. |
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