Microscopes Workshop

Here are the comments from a previous year at NCTIES … this will be fun! And you’ll walk away from the Thursday 3:15pm workshop at #ncties26 with your own microscope!

@ewolfhope @ncties @NSF @UNC @HereAtUNC @unccollege @UNC_Biology Thanks @ewolfhope ! I’ll have to miss next year, but I hope to be back the following year.

@ScopesWorkshop @ncties @NSF @UNC @HereAtUNC @unccollege @UNC_Biology Love to see it!! Thanks for your continued partnership!!!

In nine years, 291 K-12 educators from 63 of the 100 NC counties built their own microscopes at NCTIES conferences. Thanks @ncties and #ncties26 attendees for a great workshop last week! And thanks @NSF for support! @UNC @HereAtUNC @unccollege @UNC_Biology diymicroscopes.org

Photos taken by K-12 educators at #NCTIES26 yesterday in the microscope-building workshop. That was fun! Thanks so much @ncties & @NSF for support! NC teachers: I expect to restart in-school workshops soon, once as our grant supporting them is funded again. #nced #STEMEducation

This is your chance! 3:15 today! I’ll have to miss @ncties next year, so come today and you’ll walk away with your own microscope :)  #ncties26 --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Educators at #NCTIES26 ... do you know a 5th grade teacher? The microscope you'll build in the Thurs workshop is great for the 5th grade Science Standards: Cells! Tissues! And active engagement in science! --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Educators at #NCTIES26 ... know a 4th grade teacher? The microscope you'll build in today's 3:15pm workshop is great for the 4th grade Science Standards: Light refraction! Plant & animal structures! Fossils! Rocks! And active engagement in science! --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Educators at #NCTIES26 ... do you know a 3rd grade teacher? The microscope you'll build in today's 3:15pm workshop is great for the 3rd grade Science Standards: skin! plant structures! soil components! And active engagement in science! --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Educators at #NCTIES26 ... do you know a 2nd grade teacher? The microscope you'll build in today's 3:15pm workshop is great for the 2nd grade Science Standards: animal life cycles! Animals resembling parents! And active engagement in science! --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Here are the comments from a previous year at NCTIES … this will be fun! And you’ll walk away from the Thursday 3:15pm workshop at #ncties26 with your own microscope!

This could be YOU! Tell your friends and add it to your #ncties26 schedule: --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

This could be YOU! This is a fun workshop... tell your friends and add it to your #ncties26 schedule: --> sched.co/2CGKM <-- @ncties

This could be YOU! This is a fun session... tell your friends and add it to your #ncties26 schedule: --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

This could be YOU! Tell your friends and add it to your #ncties26 schedule: --> sched.co/2CGKM <--

Build a Simple Microscope – and Keep it! #NCTIES26 sched.co/2CGKM

Add the microscope-building session to your #NCTIES2026 schedule and you’ll walk away with a microscope for your school! sched.co/2CGKM

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Share the news! The microscope-building workshop will be back at NCTIES2026... plan to come build a microscope that you'll take away with you! This is a fun session... bring friends along or come make some new friends! sched.co/2CGKM @ncties #NCTIES26 #NCTIES2026 #NCTIES

Good teachers stay with you for life. In celebration of the undergraduate elementary education degree relaunching at @UNCSchoolofEd, we asked Tar Heels to shout out the elementary school teachers who made a difference in their lives. Hear what they had to say 🩵

🚨 NCTIES Awards & Scholarship are OPEN! 🚨 NC educators + future edtech leaders—this is YOUR moment! 🌟 🏆 Impact Award 💙 Libby Gray AT Award ($1,000) 💡 TIES Gives Back Mini-Grants (up to $500) 🎓 NCTIES Scholarship ($2,500) Due: Jan 6, 2026 👉 bit.ly/NCTIES26Awards

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