Intel Play QX3 computer microscope

Subjects:

Science Critical thinking. Data collection. Inference. Observation. Process skills. Technology.

Resource Type:
Learning tools and models.

Abstract:
This learning tool is a desktop or hand-held digital video microscope that displays magnified images on any USB PC computer. Images are focused automatically and can be top lit or bottom lit for optimal viewing. Powered by the USB connection, the microscope can be fully portable if connected to a notebook computer. The accompanying software allows students to produce and display single-frame shots, video movies, and time-lapse photography at 10x, 60x, and 200x magnification. All icons emit different sounds when touched with the cursor, providing an auditory stimulus for the student. The user can browse the more than 200 images available on the CD-ROM, and an array of tools allows the user to manipulate and edit all the images. The curriculum guide contains 36 lessons that are correlated to the NSES. For example, in a lesson on fingerprinting, the students use ink to place their fingerprints on index cards. Using the microscope, they classify their fingerprint patterns and calculate class percentages for each type of fingerprint pattern. The students then apply this information to crime scene investigations and brainstorm other uses for fingerprints. (Author JG/KRG)

Table of Contents:
[Curriculum guide:]
Introduction to the QX3 microscope
Operating instructions
     Minimum system requirements
     Package contents
     Safety information
     Care and maintenance replacement parts
     Information
     Setup guide
     Using the QX3 controls
     Software notes
     Using handheld mode
     Making movies
     Making a time-lapse movie
     Other software features available from main
     Adding special effects
     Making a slide show
     Making your own slide show
     Printing stuff
Troubleshooting guide
Applications guide
National science content standards correlation tables
Microtechniques guide
     Making a wet mount
     Making a dry mount
     Making a semipermanent mount
     Making micro aquariums
Image gallery
Lab activities
     1. Meet the QX3 microscope
     2. Cells
     3. Microlife
     4. Fungi
     5. Plants
     6. Animals
     7. Human biology
     8. Forensics
     9. Ecology
     10. Earth's resources
     11. Environmental science
     12. Physical science

Vendor: Delta Education, Inc. PO Box 3000 Nashua NH 03061 (800) 442-5444 Fax: (800) 282-9560 http://www.delta-education.com/

Pricing Information:

Description: 1 kit (school edition)

Cost: $159.95

Publisher:
Neo/SCI Corporation

Contributor(s):

Authors: Intel Corporation; Neo/SCI Corporation.

Equipment:
Windows--IBM or compatible PC, 200 MHz Pentium or Celeron processor minimum; Windows 98 minimum; USB enabled; 32 MB RAM; 150 MB free disk space; Windows compatible sound device; 16-bit color display (800 x 600); DirectX compatible video and sound; 4x CD-ROM.

Specifications:
Kit includes:
1 computer microscope (plastic ; 27 x 14 x 17 cm.)
1 CD-ROM (Windows : sound, color ; 4.75 in.)
1 curriculum guide (176 pages, spiral-bound : illustrations ; 28 cm.)
1 set of 4 prepared slides
1 accessory pack

Record Created: 08/12/2003 Last Modified: 04/14/2005