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
Teacher and Student Zoom Skills

MAIS teachers will be prepared as DMT users and as DMLs. In turn, they will prepare their students to utilize DMT in their classrooms and schools. Following are some of the tasks and skills that teachers and students are expected to demonstrate as a part of ZOOM. The Teachers column contains those tasks and skills to be completed by teachers only. The Teachers and Students column contains tasks and skills to be displayed by both groups.
 

Teachers

Teachers and Students

Get DigiScopes

Use DigiScopes
Integrate DMT into Curriculum Investigate
Construct Lesson Plans Inquire
Align DMT with Project AERO Explore
Spread DMT Strategies Discover
Present at Future MAIS Conferences Experiment
Guide Student Projects Communicate
Acquire More DigiScopes Capture Still and Video Images
Give Leadership as a DML Solve Problems
Stimulate Interest and Curiosity Save Images
Assess Learning Construct Time-Lapse Clips
Troubleshoot Technology
Produce PowerPoint Presentations
Do Projects
Identify Career Choices
Work Cooperatively in Groups
Assess DMT Knowledge and Skills

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