Re: Microscopy techniques and tools for 8th and 9th graders

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Hi Shiv,

Edmund Optics sells various kits. Carolina Biological Supply (www.carolina.com ) sells lots of microscopy slide sets - hopefully a few will get the ADD crowd for focus on your session. You might also get some pointers from Ron Vale at http://www.microscopy4kids.org/

The Royal Microscopical Society put out 49 short (~120 pages) inexpensive (~$20 new) handbooks, see http://www.rms.org.uk/other-publications.shtml and www.amazon.com (contact the RMS for the list of titles, then amazon.com for any that the RMS does not have in stock). Titles included Introduction to Light Microscopy, Polarization Microscopy.

You might also be able to get reprints (pdf?) from the RMS or Zeiss of a Proc RMS article in the Zeiss centenary issue on diffraction patterns in the back focal plane, and how to manipulate resolution by blocking parts of the pattern. RMS' InFocus (the successor of Proc RMS) may also be a good venue to publish your project in.


George
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At 10:21 AM 2/14/2008, you wrote:

Search the CONFOCAL archive at http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal Dear members of the list, We are planning to offer a one week summer program for 8th and 9th graders on “Optical microscopy and imaging techniques”. I kindly request your input on any available book or literature at this level with basic geometrical optics, optical path, image formation, contrasting techniques including polarization information and any available easy to understand tools and kits (especially for diffraction patterns) that could be used for the students to make mini projects.

Thanking you in advance and I greatly appreciate your suggestions and recommendations.
Shiv

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