April 08th, 2021

Exploring with the Digital Microscope

This morning we laid out all the flowers and plants we’d collected on the lighttable. With the help of some magnifying glasses and a powerful digital microscope we were able to observe and record the properties of the plants.

Lochie: The pictures look great don’t they. 
CC: That’s a yellow flower so up close! It look like light yellow, you know white yellow?
Lochie: Perfect, that looks cool! 
CC: Did you take a picture of this Lochie? 
Lochie: It looks like pinkish reddish.

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Marley tries the microscope on the fabric of her dress.

Jack: Please take picture. It’s the inside of the flower. Now is a good time to click. 
Lochie: Wait when I say it’s done, it’s done. 
Jack: Can you take a click? This is me I just took. 
Lochie: This is so much photos!
Jack: Do you like those glowing things? Those are grapes and these flowers help the grapes grow. But you can’t eat them right now because they are not ready. 
Jack: These are beads that make flowers. Can you see this up close? 
Lochie: That is the one you  want. Wow, whoa this clicker is going wild!

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Violet: Can you take a click of the a leaf? I’m just looking. 
George: This petal looks like pinkish blueish. 
Jack: Are you ready for the picture?
CC: Yeah that looks rainbowish. Maybe that’s the inside of it? This one has sparkles!

George: Whoa, look at that!
Violet: This is my favorite
George: Hahaha it’s Violet’s finger! 
Violet: He took a picture of my finger
Goerge: Do you want to take a picture of that?
Violet: Let’s do the rubber band again. That silly rubber band.



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When children weren’t at the digital microscope they explored flower pressing techniques with Brigitte. Today we tried pressing them using a hammering method. This is something we will explore in further depth tomorrow!

Enjoy some images captured by the digital microscope today!