![Scientist using an Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM).](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_099.jpg?h=a66e9592&itok=tv2CT-oQ)
Microscopes and Tools for the Small
Hands-on Activities
![Mitten Challenge activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/mitten_challenge.jpg?h=fc9a018d&itok=pECHIl9s)
Exploring Tools - Mitten Challenge
![hand reaching inside box in Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes NanoDays activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/11071/mystery_shapes.jpg?h=979f9c9d&itok=q63cQJsK)
Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes
![Image of the green Small Feel Nano magnet sheets](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/ToolsSPM_magnet_Dec08.jpg?itok=QnIz66S2)
Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes
![Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/transmission_electron_microscopes_kit_materials.jpg?h=8e5f5a16&itok=tW94DhyV)
Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes
![Learner uses 3D glasses to look at a image printed on a sheet of paper](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/11091/img_4485_crop.jpg?itok=OOY0Rk4m)
Exploring Tools - 3D Imaging
![Two learners and a facilitator wear white head to toe coverall cleanroom suits with gloves and safety goggles](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-03/20100815GH_1349.jpg?h=f7fe8f31&itok=yApqQik_)
Exploring Tools - Dress Up Like a Nanoscientist
![Cards show the nanoscale images of everyday objects](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8889/whatami.jpg?h=4bbc99ae&itok=HKtBkIAJ)
What am I? Mystery Cards
More Microscopic Image Galleries
- Microscopy Alliance list of online image galleries
http://microscopy.arizona.edu/learn/microscope-images
Images of Different Types of Microscopes
![Scientific Image - Scientist using a scanning electron microscope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_127.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=2doPbwQl)
Scientific Image - Scientist Using a Scanning Electron Microscope
![Scientist using a Light Microscope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_041.jpg?h=8243d3d4&itok=MjM1JnPK)
Scientific Image - Scientist using a Light Microscope
![Scientist using an Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_105.jpg?h=8243d3d4&itok=RmYWf5-2)
Scientific Image - Scientists Using a Transmission Electron Microscope
![Photograph of scientist using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_053.jpg?h=bff4c91d&itok=GRnvqC1u)
Scientific Image - Scientist Using an Atomic Force Microscope
![Illustration of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) probe tip](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/AFM.jpg?itok=ehTeFJT_)
Scientific Image - Atomic Force Microscope Illustration
Related Resources
![Visitors line up by size in Get in Order - large size powers of 10 cards featuring an Earth card](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-11/Get%20in%20Order%20-%20large%20size%20powers%20of%2010%20cards%2020151111_1030.jpg?h=cd3a1001&itok=6Rs4DJeA)
Size, Scale, & Measurement
![Educator and children exploring hydrophobic properties of lotus leaf and nano nano pants in NanoDays activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/Hero%20NanoDays%20nano%20pants%20lotus%20leaf%2020110402GH_353.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=XTnOHFwz)
NanoDays Kit
![NanoDays Collection book cover featuring a family of learners observing materials](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/blog/ND_Compendium_Cover_04_08_Page_1.jpg?h=7913737e&itok=G7_v1y8b)
NanoDays Collection Book
![Polarized Light activity with hands holding paper and polarizing tape materials up to the window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-04/Polarized%20Light%20activity%20with%20hands%20holding%20paper%20and%20polarizing%20tape%20materials%20up%20to%20the%20window.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=RATL603G)
Light Activities
![A model of the intense magnetic fields around the Sun](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hot%20lines.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=O2NBc--d)
Telescopes and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
More Resources
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More Activities
- Howtosmile.org microscope activities
https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/microscope
https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/magnification
- Howtosmile.org microscope activities
- Microscopy Alliance resources:
- Online image galleries
http://microscopy.arizona.edu/learn/microscope-images - K-12 Educational resources
http://microscopy.arizona.edu/learn/k-12-educational-sites - Printable materials
http://microscopy.arizona.edu/learn/printable-materials
- Online image galleries
- DIY Microscope resources
- Instructables - DIY Microscope
https://www.instructables.com/howto/microscope/ - Instructables - DIY Telescopes
https://www.instructables.com/howto/telescope/ - Foldscope
https://www.foldscope.com/resources
- Instructables - DIY Microscope
Annual Events Incorporating Measurement and Magnification
Pi Day and International Day of Mathematics (March 14)
- UNESCO: International Day of Mathematics: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/mathematics
- https://www.piday.org/
- NASA Pi Day posters https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/nasapidaychallenge
- NASA 10 ways to Celebrate Pi Day
- 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi
NanoDays (last weekend in March - first weekend in April)
- NanoDays: www.nisenet.org/nanodays
Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month (April)
National Math Festival (mid-April)
- National Math Festival https://www.nationalmathfestival.org
- NISE Network Size, Scale, & Measurement resources https://www.nisenet.org/size
- explore this website by searching for topic: Mathematics
World Quantum Day (April 14)
DNA Day (April 25)
- National DNA Day website
- NISE Network genetics resources
https://www.nisenet.org/genetics - DNA Nanotechnology hands-on activity
- Exploring Structures - DNA (NanoDays 2012) hands-on activity
National Nano Day (October 9th)
- National Nanotechnology Day (#NationalNanoDay) is an annual celebration and pays homage to the nanometer scale, 10–9 meters.
- https://www.nano.gov/nationalnanoday
- NanoDays website for hands-on activities and resources: www.nisenet.org/nanodays
Metric Day (October 10th)
- NISE Network Size, Scale, & Measurement resources https://www.nisenet.org/size
![Working with STEM Experts Guide cover including an image of expert puring a liquid and using a strainer with a girl and her family at a museum public event](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_50/public/2021-10/Working%20with%20STEM%20Experts%20Guide%20cover%20including%20an%20image%20of%20expert%20%20puring%20a%20liquid%20and%20using%20a%20strainer%20with%20a%20girl%20and%20her%20family%20at%20a%20museum%20public%20event%20CREDIT%20Marbles%20Kids%20Museum%20CROPPED.jpg?itok=O819TbQo)
Finding STEM Experts
- See the "Biology and Biomedical Sciences" and "Engineering, Technology, Material Science, and Nanoscale Science" sections of the Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings