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Bugscope: A Practical Approach to Providing Remote Microscopy for Science Education Outreach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2002

Clinton S. Potter ,
Bridget Carragher ,
Liana Carroll ,
Charles Conway ,
Benjamin Grosser ,
Janet Hanlon ,
Nick Kisseberth ,
Scott Robinson ,
Umesh Thakkar  and
Daniel Weber
Clinton S. Potter*
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Bridget Carragher
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Liana Carroll
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Charles Conway
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Benjamin Grosser
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Janet Hanlon
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Nick Kisseberth
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Scott Robinson
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Umesh Thakkar
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
Daniel Weber
Affiliation:
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
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*Corresponding author
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Abstract

The Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for kindergarten to grade 12 (K–12) classrooms. The project provides a resource to classrooms so that they may remotely operate a scanning electron microscope to image insects at high magnification. The microscope is remotely controlled in real time from a classroom computer over the Internet using a Web browser. Bugscope provides a state-of-the-art microscope resource for teachers that can be readily integrated into classroom activities. The Bugscope project provides a low-cost, sustainable model for research groups to support K–12 education outreach projects.

Keywords

distance educationenvironmental scanning electron microscopyK–12 educationremote microscopyInternetinsects
Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , May 2001 , pp. 249 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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