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Friday, January 30, 2004
Online Lab To Connect Young Student Scientists Around the World - Converge
Digital Blue was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the company's collaborative, Internet-based education initiative for middle school students. Students in grades 6-8 will perform experiments using Digital Blue's QX3+ Computer Microscope, and post and analyze the digital images on a "virtual lab" Web site. This marks the first time students around the world can work together by sharing microscopic images digitally. Investigations include such topics as regional water-quality tracking; rock and mineral properties; plant growth; and the physiology of flight in birds. Digital Blue starts the project next month, with about a dozen schools participating in the U.S., Russia, and other regions. The company will make an in-kind contribution of $50,000 worth of its microscopes to these schools.
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