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Swift Science Community Website!

We are very pleased to introduce you to our new Swift Science Community website. Designed as a venue for science and technology educators to share ideas, learn new things, and discuss what works in the classroom (and what doesn’t) this website gives teachers a platform in which to communicate. The forum is divided into five segments:

Digital Microscopy
Basic Microscopy
Forensics
Grants and Funding Sources
General Open Topics

The Swift Science Community Website is a resource to which you can direct your contacts. Check it out www.swiftsciencecommunity.com This is another innovative way that Swift is supporting your efforts and reaching out to the science and technology community.

Microscopy Lesson Plans

Examining Stomates- Students practice digital microscopy and diagramming techniques while observing stomates and guard cell structures.

Flower Dissection- Students identify parts of a flower while relating the structure of the floral parts to their function.

Pieris Rapae- Students observe and identify body parts of the butterfly while demonstrating sound stereoscope and microscope skills.

Pond Life- Students use microscopes and stereoscopes to observe pond life and examine protists structures.

Swift Optical Instruments would like to thank the Science Teachers of Lexington High School, in Lexington, MA for their inspiration and contributions to this project. We give special recognition to Whitney Hagins, Ken Bateman, Kristine Thyng, Sue Offner, Nora Murphy, and Elliott Gimble for their efforts and for their dedication to teaching.

Swift "Learning Biology with a Digital Microscope" Lab Manual

Over a year in the making, Swift Optical Instruments is pleased to collaborate with TERC, a leader in STEM research, to produce the first Swift Lab Manual for use with Swift Digital Microscopes and Digital Imaging software.

This manual is geared towards high school grades (9-12) biology courses, but is adaptable to other grade levels. It contains 20 Hands-on Activities, divided into four theme-based units, which can be done in order, or as individual units with appropriate preparation.

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Lab manual excerpts:

Microscopy Tips

Tips towards better microscopy/ features to consider when buying a microscope

Digital microscopy basics

Quick tips for Microscope cleaning

Care and Feeding of Microscopes 101