Increasing Technology in Elementary Education with the ProScope
Microscope Articles of interest: Discovering Flowers in a New
Light McNall, Rebecca L.; Bell, Randy L. Science and Children,
v. 41 n. 4, pp. 36-39, Jan. 2004 Children love observing seeds
change as they germinate and grow into tall healthy plants, but
how can teachers make investigating plants an exciting and
immediate event? Microscopy might just be the answer. Although
most students have seen flowers, not many have looked closely at
their various structures or seen their colorful designs only
apparent when magnified. In the author's elementary science
methods course, they used digital microscopes for such a study
and were pleased with the results. They developed the language-
arts-and technology-integrated inquiry lesson described in this
article, to model how to effectively incorporate technology into
a fourth-grade science lesson on flowers. *Available in Briggs
Library (non-circulating) Using Digital Images to Engage Young
Learners Van Scoter