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 video using foldscope, observing local pond water
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 Our set up for using the foldscopes in our teacher training class for local ecology.
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 Using a foldscope to observe local pond water.
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 We made homemade well slides out of acetate sheets and hot glue.
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 After bringing the foldscopes to the teacher training class the professor wanted to keep my foldscope – Umm, NO!


 Everyone quickly agreed how useful the foldscopes would be when taking students out into the field for observations.

Introducing Other Teachers to Foldscopes!

Babette Shoemaker | Sun, Feb 07, 2016, 10:35 PM

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