Six microscopes have been purchased with money donated by The Scarborough Family (a botanist from Illawarra) , Fulton Hogan and Ecodynamics (Ashley Spain is the manager for the landscaping company with the contact to plant out and revegetate the Foxground to Berry road corridor). To do that, Ashley purchased several hundred plants from the Plant Propagation nursery in the school for his project.
The microscopes are professional stereo dissecting microscopes magnifying up to 40 power. They have been trialled by students from Years 5 & 6 to look at seed heads and live caterpillars. An exciting time for the children and the caterpillars. The caterpillars survived the experience!
Teachers are currently future planning with the volunteers of Plant Propagation to create more of these exciting hands on learning opportunities for our students, watch this space!
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