A.T.O.M. Science Club

🔬 Science Club Microscopy Adventure!

Many people know and love the water bear, also known as the tardigrade. Campers are thrilled to hear they will get a chance to observe this amazing animal! Using their own tardigrade community and microscopes, club members will gain a clear understanding of how tardigrades eat and digest food and have babies (they have transparent bodies). They will then observe the baby tardigrades grow to maturity. Following the scientific method taught in STEM education, campers will report their observations to each other and discuss their hypotheses for these observations. This amazing hands-on activity will let campers observe the entire life cycle of an animal—known to be one of the toughest alive—up close, with real scientists as their role models.

I’ve chosen a particular type of microscope model so that everyone uses the same type at the same time. That way, I can help guide you on how to use a microscope and connect your microscope online to mine and to each other. This means we’ll all be exploring together in real time!

When you look through your microscope, I’ll be able to see what you see too—so we can talk about it, ask questions, and discover new things together! It’s going to be an amazing and very educational shared adventure.