Digital Microscopes A Powerful Educational Tool Both in

Digital Microscopes… A Powerful Educational Tool, Both in the Laboratory And in the Classroom * A Presentation by the GCR Staff: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas. May 2009

Best of Both Worlds • Dino-lite USB Handheld Digital Microscope • Perfect for “quick inspection” of core sections, microfossils, etc. • Still Picture and Video Capability (up to 200 x) • Measurement functions • Calibration • My First Digital Microscope • Great for capturing digital images and video of thin sections, smear slides, etc. • 90 mm x 90 mm Stage with clips • Real optical glass lenses • 10 X Widefield eyepiece with pointer • 3 Achromatic objective lenses: 4 X, 10 X & 40 X Power • Magnification from 40 X to 400 X • LED illumination

Dino-lite USB Handheld Digital Microscope The Dino-Lite USB Digital Microscope connects to the USB port of your computer. One cable. . it's that simple! http: //www. dino-lite. eu/ And, with an amazing range of focus, you can now photograph, display, and print out images of things in the macro and micro cosmos around you. A versatile and high quality instrument, at a surprising low price!

Forams at 200 x mag Granite at 50 x mag Laser cut 65 x mag Volcanic dust at 50 x mag

My First Lab Ultimate Digital Microscope http: //www. cnascientific. com/ • Microscope can be used with the Digital Eyepiece connected to a computer via the USB port or with the standard 10 X eyepiece • Ulead Photo Explorer software allows you to view live color images from the scope, save them, edit, and add text. • Capture pictures and video • Great for viewing both thin sections and smear slides • An excellent visual leaning aide for both the laboratory and the classroom

100 % Rads 40 x mag 90% Forams 10% Rads 40 x mag Sand, Silt, Clay 10 x mag 100% Rads 40 x mag

Polarized Light By purchasing polarized filters, It is possible to view thin sections Under polarized light. Place one filter on top of thin Section and one beneath the Stage. Rotate the bottom filter 360° To view in polarized light.

Thin Section: plain light Sand, Silt, Clay: Cross Polarized Light Thin Section: Cross Polarized Light

Video Samples My First Lab Digital Microscope: Thin Section under polarized light. My First Lab Digital Microscope: Radiolarian from smear slide.

Dino-lite Videos ODP Leg 169 Site 1037 B Core 007 H-3 Core Scan at 50 X magnification ODP Leg 169 Site 1037 B Core 007 H-3 Core Scan at 200 X magnification

Thank You! For additional information: http: //www. dino-lite. eu http: //www. cnascientific. com/ Or Contact the GCR Staff at: Gulf Coast Repository (979) 845 -5056 rumford@iodp. tamu. edu, weymer@iodp. tamu. edu, firth@iodp. tamu. edu