Zoom Overview Standards Digital Microscopy Leadership Resources Project Contacts
Zoom Overview  
Purpose of Zoom
Goals of the Project
Operational Definitions
Zoom Technology
Poem­-Origin of the Microscope
Teacher and Student Zoom Skills
Target Population / Region To Be Served
Expected Zoom Outcomes
MAIS Kids in Zoom Action
Standards  
Project Aero Standards
Aero Standards Applications To Zoom
USA National Science Education Standards
National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
Digital Microscopy Leadership  
Field Testing-Brookville, PA
ZOOM Competency Checklist
Grades 6-8 Cairo, Egypt 2006
DML LOGS 6-8
Field Testing­, Gr. 3-5, CAISL, Portugal
Grades 3-6 Rome, Italy 2007
MAIS School Site Visits
Resources  
Model Zoom Lesson Plans
Science and Technology School Resource Suppliers
Zoom-Related Children's Books
Useful Web Sites
Microscope Quotations
Science and Technology Print References
Project Contacts  
Contact Information
Expected Zoom Outcomes

a.

Digital Microscope Technology (DMT) will be implemented in participating MAIS schools.
b. Participating teachers, (Digital Microscopy Leaders) (DMLs), will align DMT activities with Project AERO and/or USA NSES Standards.
c. MAIS teachers will be prepared to utilize DMT.
d. MAIS DMLs will diffuse DMT to other teachers in their schools.
e. DMLs, working in cooperative groups, will present programs on DMT at future MAIS conferences.
f. More DigiScopes will be acquired by participating MAIS schools.
g. On-site visits by staff will assist DMT classroom utilization and in-school diffusion.
h. ZOOM will be disseminated to schools around the world.

Dr. Ken Mechling • Project Director • 1305 Robinwood Drive • Clarion, Pennsylvania 16214 USA
Reina O'Hale • Executive Director, MAIS • Madrid, Spain
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