Microscopes
We started the year experimenting with various types of microscopes. We viewed insect and plant parts with Foldscopes (https://www.foldscope.com/), fabric samples with wooden microscopes (https://discover-echo.com/woodenscope) and iPods, print materials with hand held microscopes, and dead cicadas with digital microscopes. One of the high points of the afternoon was when fly larvae wriggled out of the cicadas! We also learned how to make microscope slides out of everyday materials. Interested families took Foldscopes home for a week.