Exploring Hidden Worlds

 

 

 

Using hand lenses, microscopes and their own imaginations and creative thinking skills, students will explore both literal and figurative hidden worlds.

 

Students will:

• Learn how to use microscopes and make their own sample slides.
• Use the Scientific Method to answer questions.
• Examine coins and paper currency for hidden codes then research the history and meanings of these codes.
• Compare different forms of keratin: feathers, scales, hair and fur.
• Study and compare the structures of plant and animal cells.
• Examine crystals using laptops and QX-5 digital microscopes on loan from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
• Create movies with the QX-5 microscopes.
• Study organisms that live in pond water.
• Learn how forensic scientists use clues to solve crimes, then create and compare their own fingerprints.
• Study the art style known as pointillism and Georges Seurat the artist who created it then produce their own pointillist painting.

The Wild Classroom