Blog for Educators
Most butterflies sport beautiful patterns on their wings, but those colors and patterns aren’t the actual wing membrane itself but rather are created by a fine powder. If we were to touch a butterfly’s wings our fingers could be coated...
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The uHandy Microscope converts your smartphone or tablet into a portable digital microscope. To set up the uHandy Microscope, all you need to do is to clip the microscope lens over your device. Although you can take pictures and screencap...
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Purpose The purpose of this lab is to observe three chemical reactions using the uHandy Microscope- Teacher's Kit and a projector/document camera. Each chemical reaction will show three different chemical change indicators as well as microscope understanding of the reaction....
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Some people have said: “tears are like blood without red blood cells” and they’re not as far from the truth as you might suspect. That’s because blood and tears both contain antibodies, similar trace elements, and other components. Let’s have...
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Have you ever wondered how your eyes perceive different colors on the screen of your phone or in books and flyers? In order to answer this question let’s get the uHandy Microscope and take a peek at the screen of your...
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