Feedback - Microscope Activity Kit

If you are a teacher and have used the Microscope Activity Kit, please remember to submit your feedback and to provide details of how you used it.

We hope that you enjoyed your time with the Microscope Activity Kit. Please take a few moments to provide feedback that will help us to develop the kits in the future.

The only condition attached to the loan of the kit was that your school provides details of an activity (beyond the six provided) that you enjoyed with your class(es). There is provision at the botom of the form to submit documents and photos to support this.

The form is not too long, so please take care to complete each item.

We look forward to receiving your feedback!

You and your school

Please provide us with your details and the name of your school so that we can match your answers to the details of the loan.

Your name *

Email *

Your school *

Receiving the kit

We are interested to know about your expectations when applying for the activity kit, and your impressions on receiving it. We are also looking for ways to make life easier for teachers when setting up the equipment.

Why did you request a Microscope Activity Kit? What did you hope to achieve? *

Did the kit arrive when expected? *

yes
no

What were your first impressions when opening the box? Was it what you were expecting? *

Overall, how did you find setting up the equipment? *

easy
no real problems
challenging

Is there anything that would have made things easier? *

Activities

We are keen to have your views on each of the activities. Please grade them individually and then let us know which you thought was most effective and which you thought the least.

	very good	good	OK	weak	very weak	didn't use
Activity 1 - Making a magnifier *
Activity 2 - How much can I see? *
Activity 3 - What details can I see I? *
Activity 4 - What details can I see II? *
Activity 5 - Dissolving and reforming crytstals *
Activity 6 - Super sleuth *

Which activity did you enjoy the most? *

Why? *

Which activity did you enjoy the least? *

Why? *

In total, approximately how many children in your school had time to enjoy one or more of the acitivites within the kit? *

The equipment

Which of the two types of microscope did you prefer? *

monocular
binocular

Why did you prefer that type? *

Did you use the camera? *

yes
no

If "yes", how did you get on with it? If "no", please tell us why. *

Beyond the activities

Please tell us briefly how you used the kit beyond the activities, and then upload files that describe an exercise or lesson that you and a class completed using the activity kit. This should be differ from the six activites that were provided. Please provide enough information so that another class could replicate your activity. The document should be Microsoft Word compatible. It should contain images - either photographs of the microscopes in use, or images captured using the provided camera. Just hit "Add file" and you can browse your PC for it. Please provide the best images / pictures in jpg format. You can add these individually by hitting "Add file".

How did you use the kit beyond the activities? *

Document and images *

Add file

Finally

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experiences with the Activity Kit? We may use this as a quote on promotional material, so it is your opportunity to fill others with enthusiasm!

Your words

Thank you!