
Microscopes and Tools for the Small
Hands-on Activities

Exploring Tools - Mitten Challenge

Exploring Tools - Mystery Shapes

Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes

Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes

Exploring Tools - 3D Imaging

Exploring Tools - Dress Up Like a Nanoscientist

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

Scientific Image - Scientist using a Light Microscope

Scientific Image - Scientists Using a Transmission Electron Microscope

Scientific Image - Scientist Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Scientific Image - Atomic Force Microscope Illustration
Related Resources

Size, Scale, & Measurement

NanoDays Kit

NanoDays Collection Book

Light Activities

Telescopes and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
More Resources
- 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
- More online resources
- Explore Microscopy more online resources https://www.exploremicroscopy.com/web-resources/
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

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