This is important with elementary students who need hands-on drama but need greater supervision with dissecting tools. Fingerprint samples are taken using the ink pad and put on paper. Then each is scoped on a video along with their types. Comparison and classification may be viewed, transferred onto a computer and printed out for display. Fingerprints also can be lifted from objects using powder or Scotch tape and putting the scope against it.
Students dissect the plant parts and observe through the scope.
Then they view similar parts of the plant and flower from other species of flowering plants. Students can draw what they see on paper, record their observation on video, and save the results on the computer. Small parts such as the ovary and seed formation, as well as the pollen on the anther, can be viewed with the scope. In a like manner, students may observe the formation of seeds on the underside of a fern or the spores of fungi or molds grown in class.