Microscopic Marvels: Explorations in Historical & Modern Microscopy

An affordable, year long course devoted to the study of microscopy through hands on observation, research, and scientific journaling.

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Traditional science can be intimidating for neurodivergent teens.

It’s hard to learn like everyone else when your brain craves another way.

Too many disconnected facts to memorize and remember for tests.

Too many details in boring text books with labs that are uncomfortable and uninteresting

Too much math is required and not enough creativity is allowed in scientific subjects.

Happy Notes

  • “Wow! This sounds amazing!”

    tracy s

  • “I am so grateful that Microscopic Marvels has made Biology enjoyable…”

    The lessons are an ideal length for us, and use a mix of videos, video and text links, suggested reading, lab notebook prompts, and instructions for microscope labs. Each lesson clearly explains the goal and activity and has made it very easy for me to plan our lesson schedule and for my teen to set up for the lesson of the day.
    nicola P, Homeschooling mom
  • student staining and onion cell on a slide
    • But you know what?

    You can homeschool college prep science a different way!

    It’s ok to approach science in a more authentic and engaging way to earn high school credit and still prepare for university level courses.

    I’m in! Sign me up!
    Introducing

    Microscopic Marvels: Explorations in Historical & Modern Microscopy

    The neurodivergent friendly, one credit, college prep science course for high school.

    The course includes demonstrations, tutorials, and instructions for using many kinds of microscopes in your home along with the lab skills, scientific thinking, and record keeping needed for college prep science. And, all of it is provided to you in a way that is friendly to out of the box and neurodivergent teens.

    The topics covered include:

    • Introductions to microscopes
    • Cell biology
    • Ecology
    • Entomology
    • Mycology
    • Microbiology
    • Pathology
    • Electron Microscopy
    • Advanced Microscopy
    • Fiber Science
    • Data Collection & Scientific Journals
    • History of Microscopy
    • Biographies of Famous Scientists
    • Art, Photography, & the Science of Snow
    • Formal Lab Writing
    • Abstract Writing
    • Research Journal Reading
    Let’s get down to business

    Here is what you can expect…

    • Modules are in place

    Choose your own pace.

    Each module contains lessons and concepts for over a week’s worth of instruction and is presented as an online, self-paced course.

    scientific journaling

    Learn to keep a scientific research journal

    along with reading and writing abstracts and scientific papers with accommodations for out of the box and neurodivergent teens.

    • Flexible assignments

    Neurodivergent Friendly Assignments & Research

    You’ll find plenty of choices for assignments that cover basic microscope use all the way to modern microscopy used in advanced research labs today.

    By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding.

    robert hooke
    Now Live on outschool
    with the self-paced version on the way as well

    17 class sessions
    semester long high school microscopy course
    live demonstrations with a camera on my microscope
    guided mentoring on keeping a scientific journal

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