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BCeSIS - the startup	by James McConville
Benefits of your CUEBC membership	by Wayne Ulian
Time to put a Tiger on your school’s desktops?	by Alan Zisman
Integration of Technology and Science	by Kevin Amboe
CUE's new and 10% improved website	by Chris Rozitis
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Integration of Technology and Science

by Kevin Amboe, amboe_k@sd36.bc.ca

I love teaching science as a hands on subject.  With a camera, microscope, computer and projector students can explore the world around them in a unique visual way.

The digital microscope connects to PC or Mac computers through a USB connection.  Once connected, students can take still pictures, interval pictures, or short movie clips of a magnified world.  The Proscope digital microscope comes standard with a 50X lens; however a 200X is also available.

Below is a short list of suggestions for integration of digital images from both a camera and digital microscope:


K – Observations skills.  Students can explore and discover
1 – Classification
2 – Identify properties of solids, liquids, gases, and soil.
3 – Describe shapes that are part of natural and human built structures
4 – Properties of Color and Light
5 – Investigate the human body
6 – Examine things not visible with the naked eye
7 – Evaluate the human impacts on local ecosystems – compaction, road / rock types, weeds

 
Samples of photos with Digital Camera


  
   
  



On the following website are over 200 photos taken with a Pentax Optio MX 10X digital camera and a Proscope 50X and 200X digital microscope.    http://fc.sd36.bc.ca/~amboe_k/Digital%20Microscope/USB.html

A draft of suggested links for Science are included as well at:
        http://fc.sd36.bc.ca/~amboe_k/Digital%20Microscope/Using the proscope.doc