Science!

One of the many fabulous things about Alex's school is the exposure they get to science. The father of one of his classmates brought in a 60X microscope from his lab and did a demonstration for the kids and then left the microscope for the classroom to use for a few days. As you might imagine, Alex loved this!

They looked at a spider, orange peels, paper (i.e., Alex's Star Wars picture), and many other things. Here are some related notes from the teacher's report of that week's events.

What did you notice about the spider placed under the microscope? (tiny hairs, six eyes, pointy fingers, "freaky")

What did you notice about the orange peel under the microscope? (gooey, little animals, half a pyramid, giant globs and holes)

Overheard at Meeting:

Alex:  A microscope helps you see inside things, and it allows us to see cells.