The Elementary School Program

This was our very first event as a program! We set up a stand at the Copper Beech Science Night called Microscope Match Up where students learned how to use a handheld microscope and look at slides under a microscope. We had six sample images of microscope slides close up which students had to match to a certain samples including a feather, fish scale, carrot, onion skin, butterfly wing, and bamboo shoot. We also had students guess what three random objects were in images of them under a microscope, and then we revealed the object and how to look at it under a microscope. Students even got to look at their skin and clothes under the microscope, and saw their fingerprints and clothing fibers up close! While this was not a standard club meeting, the students at Science Night got to learn and participate in the kinds of hands-on interactive activities we like to do in STEM STARS!