Kids in the Lab: Exploring Microscopy
Get ready for an adventure into the microscopic world! Join us for a morning or afternoon of fun at our Microscopic Plant and Animal Lab Event, designed just for 4th and 5th grade kids.
Learn about microscopes and cells, make your own slides, and observe the natural world up close. This two-hour workshop is a hands-on opportunity to look and Register now to secure your spot for this exciting journey!
Spaces are limited so register now. Don’t miss out on the fun! Your microscope is waiting.
Date: Wednesday, July 15th
Place: Camp Caro Lodge, 698 S. Sargent Road, Spokane Valley, WA
Times: 1:00-3:00 pm
This event will be held at the Camp Caro Lodge. It is designed to provide kids a hands-on experience in learning how microscopes work, what can be seen in plant and animal cells with light microscopes, and how to make their own slides. They will view a variety of plant and animal parts on prepared slides, fresh pond water slides of their own making, and live specimens of larger size under a stereoscope.
There is a limit of 10 students for this event, so you must register to attend. Now, open to members and non-members for registration. Adults are not required to stay, but we would like to limit it to one adult per child.
Please register by July 13. If you are having trouble registering, email Siobhan at sebel@dishmanhills.org
Maureen Miller and Lisa Klapp (Certified Washington Naturalist 2022) will be hosting a workshop for their Kids in the Lab on Thursday, July 15 from 1:00 to 3:00. As a professional cytotechnologist, Maureen used microscopes extensively to identify cancerous cells. Lisa worked in hospital labs as a medical technologist, then in high schools as a science teacher. Their professional work with microscopes makes this a professionally led event.
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Thanks to Spokane County Parks, Recreation & Golf for sponsoring this event.
