Microscopic Explorations

Fourth and fifth graders recently learned how magnifiers work and analyzed various materials under the "scopes" as they rotated in small groups through nine stations:

1. Up Close (looking at small text, stamps, negatives with a hand lens)

2. Fingerprint Ridges

3. Dots and Dollars (looking at money and pixels of colored newspaper with a hand lens and a microscope)

4. Fabrics

5. Salts

6. Sand (examining and comparing sands from around the island and placing them on a map)

7. Kitchen Powders

8. Small Creatures (observing small, dead creatures with a hand lens and a microscope)

9. Brine Shrimp