microscope safari
This workshop explores living creatures, features, structures & patterns in the microscope worlds around us.
Workshop format
Students are introduced to the microscopic world, taking on a visual journey from kilometres down to picometres
We then each use hand-held (60x) microscopes to explore microscopic worlds in the classroom and local environment
Gregory leads a high (1000x) magnification safari of the microscopic life in local water or soil samples**
We pause along the journey to make drawings of our observations
The session closes with questions and reflections on what we’ve discovered
**All workshops can be tailored to meet your classroom needs.
We can focus our observations on soil or water habitats, with workshops running from 60 to 120 minutes…
Through participation in the workshops, students will:
experience how magnification and microscopic investigations changes our perception of the world;
recognise measurements and units of the micro-scale & the world that exists outside of human sight
gain confidence in asking questions about what they do not understand
form connections between science & art through the experience of observation (looking and drawing)
create drawings inspired by the new things they are seeing
