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.