The current pandemic may have restricted the movement of youngsters but it cannot hold off their passion to learn. Upon discovering Foldscope online, we got a basic kit for these budding, young citizen scientists who gamely assisted in setting it up. It’s a wide stretch of learning and discovery path for them as they try…
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Foldscope Class in Philippines in VR 360 Video
What does it feel like to run a Foldscope class in a village school in Mindanao? While Foldscopes help us to zoom in on the minuscule, virtual reality and 360 degree cameras are new technologies to do the opposite – to zoom out to appreciate the context and immersively capture the bigger picture. And in…
Foldscope Science Lesson Conducted at Langub High School by LKCMedicine Students [Part 2 of 2]
[Part 2] Lesson Plan The lesson began with an introduction on microscopy followed by a display of some images of flower petals, insects, leaf epidermis and even hair bulbs that we had seen using our foldscopes, to get the students all excited. We then split the students up into groups of 10 where they began…
Foldscope Science Lesson Conducted at Langub High School by LKCMedicine Students [Part 1 of 2]
[Part 1] Background Langub High School is located in Barangay Langub, which is in Davao city in the Philippines. It was set up three years ago in the current primary (elementary) school grounds, and there are now classes for Grade 7-9 run by teachers seconded from nearby Ma’a High School in town. The Overseas Community…