Foldscope is the paper microscope that combines low-cost materials with precision optics. This innovation results in microscopes that are both high-quality and affordable, with a range of magnifications (50X-340X). From tiny microorganisms to larger samples like insects, plants, fabrics, and tissues, Foldscope can inspire kids to see beyond their own eyes wherever they may be! Foldscope can also attach to mobile phones for imaging and is very portable, durable, and waterproof. With that versatility, the possibilities are endless!
Look for the new projection microscope soon!

Connect with Foldscope:

• Website: foldscope.com
• YouTube: @FoldscopeInstruments
• Twitter/X: @TeamFoldscope
• Facebook: @foldscope
• Instagram: @teamfoldscope
• Microcosmos (where people can post their Foldscope pictures and videos): microcosmos.foldscope.com
• Foldscope Blogs (to get ideas for things to look at and explore): foldscope.com/blogs/blog
• Learn more from Ep 204: dailystem.com/2021/06/11/stem-everyday-204-inexpensive-microscopes-for-everywhere-feat-jim-cybulski/

Holly Stuart is an Education Specialist at Foldscope and has spent the last 10 years as a science educator in both indoor and outdoor classrooms. She uses her background in Chemistry and Environmental Studies to seek out innovative teaching techniques to use with students. As an avid outdoor person, Holly takes her Foldscope with her on every hike and enjoys making new discoveries in the microcosmos. Holly is excited to help get Foldscopes into the hands of teachers and students so they can experience the joy of discovery as well.

Connect with Holly:

• email: holly@foldscope.com
• Twitter/X: @hollyastuart

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Kim Collazo was a public school educator for over 30 years, with experience as a 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom teacher as well as an elementary STEM Specialist and Digital Integration Facilitator. Working in Regular Ed, Special Ed, Academically and Intellectually Gifted, and two cycles of National Board Certification, Kim built a passion for integrating technology and engineering in relevant ways at the elementary level. She continues to help educators by helping the curriculum development team at Drone Legends.

Kim fulfilled a life-long dream to become a picture book author when she began her Emersyn Blake series, named after her first grandchild.

Find out about the CAMOES Mission Kim talked about

Connect with Kim:

• Website: collazocove.com
• Twitter/X: @kcollazo

Chris Woods is the host of the STEM Everyday Podcast... Connect with him:

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Sharon Hagle is an entrepreneur and astronaut who founded SpaceKids Global™ in 2015 with the mission to inspire STEAM+ Environment Education, with the goal of bringing the possibility of space to children.

SpaceKids Global, a Florida-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating elementary students in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics), and Blue Origin’s nonprofit Club for the Future, announced the winners of the 2024 SpaceKids Press Squad Competition. The competition will give eight lucky students from across the U.S. the opportunity to travel to Orlando, FL, visit Blue Origin’s Rocket Park manufacturing facility, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, and receive press training from a professional journalist.

Selected from over 1,100 entries across all 50 states, the eight lucky winners include:

• Zone 1: Noelle, age 11, Bellevue, Washington.
• Zone 2: Tobias, age 10, Ronan, Montana
• Zone 3: Nevaya, age 9, Bismarck, North Dakota
• Zone 4: Anahita, age 11, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Zone 5: Alethea, age 12, Burton, West Virginia
• Boys and Girls Clubs: Zoey, age 11, Orlando, Florida
• First Responder: Vivian, age 11, Ft. Collins, Colorado
• U.S. Military: Malaki, age 8, Mexico, New York

The SpaceKids Press Squad will meet with Club for the Future Ambassadors from Blue Origin, including engineers, spacecraft designers, and managers, to interview and learn about their careers and experiences. The Press Squad may also watch the official live webcast of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launch taking place at Launch Site One in West Texas from the Blue Origin Mission Control center in Florida.

Follow SpaceKids Global to learn more about each winner leading up to the Orlando adventure. For more information about SpaceKids Global’s mission and to stay up to date on future events, visit spacekids.global

Learn more on Episode 266 of the STEM Everyday Podcast

Connect with SpaceKids Global:

• Website: www.spacekids.global
• Twitter/X: @spacekidsglobal
• YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCBbnk-mxgfULHMYkuVhCmKQ
• Facebook: @thespacekidsglobal
• Instagram: @spacekidsglobal

Chris Woods is the host of the STEM Everyday Podcast... Connect with him:

• Website: dailystem.com
• Twitter/X: @dailystem
• Instagram: @dailystem
• YouTube: @dailystem

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