Get your students excited about protozoans, bacteria and other microorganisms!

The MicroLab Training Institute is a four-day course designed for educators of grades k–12. During this course, you learn to use the Hall’s MicroLab Classroom Rental Kit by participating in a variety of hands-on activities. The standard kit includes a set of 15 field microscopes, a video microscope that can be connected to a projector or TV monitor, and expendable materials. The 9–12 supplement kit features four iBook laptops with software to study microorganisms, and four Vernier LabPro units that include CO² probes, temperature probes, and FlexCams.

Fee: $350 per participant Dates: August 11 – 13, 2008, 9 am – 4 pm (including August 14 & 15, p-credit with extra fee)*

The application is available on our Educator Connections web site.

*Participants interested in receiving p-credit must register at www.NYASPDP.org

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