Catherine Kerr Faculty Leader Science
A ‘USB microscope’ can be an interesting and fun tool for pupils in school. It can be used in a variety of ways including; children working in groups or individually, or simply something being demonstrated by a teacher on a large screen in front of the class. Equally as effective, the scope could be taken out doors with the use of a laptop. I have used this with my class to view very small seeds, fabric and materials and they loved guessing the object.
I agree these microscopes are fantastic!
I got one of these from SSERC recently and I can see many benefits from using it. I am particularly interested in using it with my class to observe some activate sludge as I know the pupils will find this very interesting. The ability to measure images on screen and convert between different units will bring a new dimension to numeracy in my classroom from S1 to S6.
If only week could get a class set of these it would be brilliant. I believe they are only £35 each!
I really like this. I will be using it with my classes in the future.