The Making of Scope-On-A-Rope The Scalar Scope-On-A-Rope has been developed specifically for use by teachers and students in the classroom setting. It allows any classroom that has access to a regular television to SOAR through exciting hands-on activities without using a microscope, camera or computer. |
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| Background. After one or two minutes of easy set-up by the teacher or a student, the SOAR provides an instant, in-focus magnified real-time TV image of almost any sort of object. There are three interchangeable lenses included in the basic set, suitable for viewing almost any object - butterfly antennae, crystal structures from the earth or the chemistry lab, fingerprints with their tiny sweat glands, living protozoans swimming in their micro-environment, or even regular prepared microscope slides. The SOAR can also be used like a regular video camera by using the basic "1X" lens to produce non-magnified images on the TV screen. |
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| It is
small, durable, and versatile. It can freeze an image on TV with
the press of a button. There are several ways to illuminate a
sample. The images can be recorded with a regular VCR.
It appeals to students instantly. They want to discover everything about the familiar but microscopic would around them. Little if any specimen preparation is required and precious classroom time is saved. Students spontaneously associate and appreciate the connection between the specimen in hand and its image on TV during this exciting discovery process. Here you will learn how to set up your SOAR optimally, so that your class will be able to soar easily through exhilarating and effective presentations of many sorts. |
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