TeamFoldscope
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We are the makers of Foldscope, the original paper microscope! Our goal is to make microscopy & the wonder of science equitable and accessible to everyone. https://foldscope.com/
We are collaborating with #RAYNGrowingSystems at #NSTAFall2025! We're using #Foldscopes to watch changes in root development under various pH levels in #EdRack. Join the workshop on 11/14 at 8:00 am in room M100J and visit booth #449 to learn more!
#NSTA #NSTEM
#NSTA #NSTEM
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are collaborating with #RAYNGrowingSystems at #NSTAFall2025! We're using #Foldscopes to watch changes in root development under various pH levels in #EdRack. Join the workshop on 11/14 at 8:00 am in room M100J and visit booth #449 to learn more!
#NSTA #NSTEM
#NSTA #NSTEM
Happy Halloween! Are you celebrating by searching for ghosts and spiders with your #Foldscope?
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy Halloween! Are you celebrating by searching for ghosts and spiders with your #Foldscope?
Imagine a world where our students think of science not as a list of vocabulary words, but rather as a series of beautiful images. Read this Microcosmos post, grab some art supplies & a #Foldscope, & start creating & discovering!
#ArtsIntegration #EduSky
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/IX18Bf1...
#ArtsIntegration #EduSky
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/IX18Bf1...
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Imagine a world where our students think of science not as a list of vocabulary words, but rather as a series of beautiful images. Read this Microcosmos post, grab some art supplies & a #Foldscope, & start creating & discovering!
#ArtsIntegration #EduSky
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/IX18Bf1...
#ArtsIntegration #EduSky
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/IX18Bf1...
🌱 Exciting news for educators and community leaders!
We’re launching Fast & Curious 2025 — a free STEM grant program that brings Foldscopes (paper microscopes), hands-on training, and lesson plans to classrooms and communities across the US.
📌 Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We’re launching Fast & Curious 2025 — a free STEM grant program that brings Foldscopes (paper microscopes), hands-on training, and lesson plans to classrooms and communities across the US.
📌 Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌱 Exciting news for educators and community leaders!
We’re launching Fast & Curious 2025 — a free STEM grant program that brings Foldscopes (paper microscopes), hands-on training, and lesson plans to classrooms and communities across the US.
📌 Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We’re launching Fast & Curious 2025 — a free STEM grant program that brings Foldscopes (paper microscopes), hands-on training, and lesson plans to classrooms and communities across the US.
📌 Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔬 Connecticut College freshmen explored the microscopic world with Foldscope during their Science Leaders pre-orientation program.
📷 Featured in Connecticut College’s August in Pictures:
www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...
#foldscope #microscopy #scienceforall #stemeducation #connecticutcollege
📷 Featured in Connecticut College’s August in Pictures:
www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...
#foldscope #microscopy #scienceforall #stemeducation #connecticutcollege
September 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔬 Connecticut College freshmen explored the microscopic world with Foldscope during their Science Leaders pre-orientation program.
📷 Featured in Connecticut College’s August in Pictures:
www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...
#foldscope #microscopy #scienceforall #stemeducation #connecticutcollege
📷 Featured in Connecticut College’s August in Pictures:
www.conncoll.edu/news/news-ar...
#foldscope #microscopy #scienceforall #stemeducation #connecticutcollege
🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh + Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh has launched a program for teachers in any schools in the US and Canada - awardees of this program will receive $200 (USD) in gift cards
Apply ---> www.chemistryoutreach.org/awards-grants/grants/foldscope-grant/
Apply ---> www.chemistryoutreach.org/awards-grants/grants/foldscope-grant/
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh + Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh has launched a program for teachers in any schools in the US and Canada - awardees of this program will receive $200 (USD) in gift cards
Apply ---> www.chemistryoutreach.org/awards-grants/grants/foldscope-grant/
Apply ---> www.chemistryoutreach.org/awards-grants/grants/foldscope-grant/
🔬 Dr. Manu Prakash delivered the 2025 Murty Trust Annual Lecture in Bengaluru, speaking on “From Paper Microscopes to Global Change” and the power of frugal science.
September 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🔬 Dr. Manu Prakash delivered the 2025 Murty Trust Annual Lecture in Bengaluru, speaking on “From Paper Microscopes to Global Change” and the power of frugal science.
🌊 World Water Monitoring Day – Sept 18
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌊 World Water Monitoring Day – Sept 18
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
🌏 Foldscope in Nepal
Mercer University students brought Foldscopes to classrooms in Nepal, giving hundreds of students their first hands-on experience with microscopy.
📰 Read more:
den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
#foldscope #scienceforall #frugalscience #microscopy #nepal #stemeducation
Mercer University students brought Foldscopes to classrooms in Nepal, giving hundreds of students their first hands-on experience with microscopy.
📰 Read more:
den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
#foldscope #scienceforall #frugalscience #microscopy #nepal #stemeducation
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌏 Foldscope in Nepal
Mercer University students brought Foldscopes to classrooms in Nepal, giving hundreds of students their first hands-on experience with microscopy.
📰 Read more:
den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
#foldscope #scienceforall #frugalscience #microscopy #nepal #stemeducation
Mercer University students brought Foldscopes to classrooms in Nepal, giving hundreds of students their first hands-on experience with microscopy.
📰 Read more:
den.mercer.edu/mercer-stude...
#foldscope #scienceforall #frugalscience #microscopy #nepal #stemeducation
🌿 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores... The Beauty of Mold 🧫🔬
Under a Foldscope 2.0, mold reveals a whole new world of colors, textures, spores, and branching hyphae.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #microscopy #stemeducation #microcosmos #mold #nature
Under a Foldscope 2.0, mold reveals a whole new world of colors, textures, spores, and branching hyphae.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #microscopy #stemeducation #microcosmos #mold #nature
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌿 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores... The Beauty of Mold 🧫🔬
Under a Foldscope 2.0, mold reveals a whole new world of colors, textures, spores, and branching hyphae.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #microscopy #stemeducation #microcosmos #mold #nature
Under a Foldscope 2.0, mold reveals a whole new world of colors, textures, spores, and branching hyphae.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #microscopy #stemeducation #microcosmos #mold #nature
🎉 Congratulations to our August Foldscoper of the Month, Nagaraj! 🎉
📸 Follow his work:
• Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/36Lg6...
📸 Follow his work:
• Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/36Lg6...
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our August Foldscoper of the Month, Nagaraj! 🎉
📸 Follow his work:
• Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/36Lg6...
📸 Follow his work:
• Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/36Lg6...
🌱 New Blog Post: Foldscope In The Classroom – In The Garden 7: Return to the Soil 🔬🌾
After a full season of growth, what hidden changes have taken place beneath your plants?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #soilbiology
After a full season of growth, what hidden changes have taken place beneath your plants?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #soilbiology
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌱 New Blog Post: Foldscope In The Classroom – In The Garden 7: Return to the Soil 🔬🌾
After a full season of growth, what hidden changes have taken place beneath your plants?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #soilbiology
After a full season of growth, what hidden changes have taken place beneath your plants?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #soilbiology
🍒 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores… The Color of Fruit! 🔬🌈
Not all fruit colors are what they seem. What looks red or black to the eye can reveal surprising hues under a Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #fruit
Not all fruit colors are what they seem. What looks red or black to the eye can reveal surprising hues under a Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #fruit
August 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🍒 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores… The Color of Fruit! 🔬🌈
Not all fruit colors are what they seem. What looks red or black to the eye can reveal surprising hues under a Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #fruit
Not all fruit colors are what they seem. What looks red or black to the eye can reveal surprising hues under a Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope #scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy #fruit
🍓 New Blog Post: Foldscope in the Classroom – In the Garden: Fruits 🔬
This month, our Education Specialist Holly A. Stuart shares tips for exploring the hidden adaptations of fruits using Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy
This month, our Education Specialist Holly A. Stuart shares tips for exploring the hidden adaptations of fruits using Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy
August 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🍓 New Blog Post: Foldscope in the Classroom – In the Garden: Fruits 🔬
This month, our Education Specialist Holly A. Stuart shares tips for exploring the hidden adaptations of fruits using Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy
This month, our Education Specialist Holly A. Stuart shares tips for exploring the hidden adaptations of fruits using Foldscope 2.0.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#scienceforall #stemeducation #microscopy
🌲 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores – Foldscoping on Vacation! 🔬🧳
For Education Specialist Holly Stuart, vacation is not just for relaxing. It is a chance to explore the microscopic world in unexpected places. Curious what she found?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope
For Education Specialist Holly Stuart, vacation is not just for relaxing. It is a chance to explore the microscopic world in unexpected places. Curious what she found?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌲 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores – Foldscoping on Vacation! 🔬🧳
For Education Specialist Holly Stuart, vacation is not just for relaxing. It is a chance to explore the microscopic world in unexpected places. Curious what she found?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope
For Education Specialist Holly Stuart, vacation is not just for relaxing. It is a chance to explore the microscopic world in unexpected places. Curious what she found?
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
#foldscope
🎉 Congratulations to our July Foldscoper of the Month, Adhrit Pradeep! 🎉
🌟 With his Microcosmos posts and experiments, Adhrit is showing that children can be leaders in science, and that curiosity knows no age.
More at microcosmos.foldscope.com
🌟 With his Microcosmos posts and experiments, Adhrit is showing that children can be leaders in science, and that curiosity knows no age.
More at microcosmos.foldscope.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our July Foldscoper of the Month, Adhrit Pradeep! 🎉
🌟 With his Microcosmos posts and experiments, Adhrit is showing that children can be leaders in science, and that curiosity knows no age.
More at microcosmos.foldscope.com
🌟 With his Microcosmos posts and experiments, Adhrit is showing that children can be leaders in science, and that curiosity knows no age.
More at microcosmos.foldscope.com
🎨 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores – Microscopy and Art 🔬🖌️
What happens when you bring microscopes into the art classroom? At the 2025 Creativity Rising STEAM Conference, educators discovered how Foldscope 2.0 can spark curiosity and creativity.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
What happens when you bring microscopes into the art classroom? At the 2025 Creativity Rising STEAM Conference, educators discovered how Foldscope 2.0 can spark curiosity and creativity.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
August 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🎨 New Blog Post: Foldscope Explores – Microscopy and Art 🔬🖌️
What happens when you bring microscopes into the art classroom? At the 2025 Creativity Rising STEAM Conference, educators discovered how Foldscope 2.0 can spark curiosity and creativity.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
What happens when you bring microscopes into the art classroom? At the 2025 Creativity Rising STEAM Conference, educators discovered how Foldscope 2.0 can spark curiosity and creativity.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
🌳 National Tree Day – July 27, 2025 (Australia)
We share a microscopic view of stomata on a leaf, captured using a Foldscope. These tiny pores play a big role in how trees breathe, exchange gases, and support life around them.
What will you discover when you take a closer look?
#nationaltreeday
We share a microscopic view of stomata on a leaf, captured using a Foldscope. These tiny pores play a big role in how trees breathe, exchange gases, and support life around them.
What will you discover when you take a closer look?
#nationaltreeday
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌳 National Tree Day – July 27, 2025 (Australia)
We share a microscopic view of stomata on a leaf, captured using a Foldscope. These tiny pores play a big role in how trees breathe, exchange gases, and support life around them.
What will you discover when you take a closer look?
#nationaltreeday
We share a microscopic view of stomata on a leaf, captured using a Foldscope. These tiny pores play a big role in how trees breathe, exchange gases, and support life around them.
What will you discover when you take a closer look?
#nationaltreeday
🌕 Moon Landing Anniversary
On this day in 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. We believe exploration is not only about how far you go, but how closely you look. With your foldscope, you can discover new worlds right here on Earth.
🔬 Keep exploring. Wonder is everywhere.
On this day in 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. We believe exploration is not only about how far you go, but how closely you look. With your foldscope, you can discover new worlds right here on Earth.
🔬 Keep exploring. Wonder is everywhere.
July 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌕 Moon Landing Anniversary
On this day in 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. We believe exploration is not only about how far you go, but how closely you look. With your foldscope, you can discover new worlds right here on Earth.
🔬 Keep exploring. Wonder is everywhere.
On this day in 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. We believe exploration is not only about how far you go, but how closely you look. With your foldscope, you can discover new worlds right here on Earth.
🔬 Keep exploring. Wonder is everywhere.
🦈 Today is Shark Awareness Day
This image shows the scale of a silver shark, captured by Foldscoper Rithika Ravishankar using a Foldscope. Fun fact: silver sharks are not sharks at all, but freshwater fish with a very dramatic name.
🔍 Explore more at microcosmos.foldscope.com
This image shows the scale of a silver shark, captured by Foldscoper Rithika Ravishankar using a Foldscope. Fun fact: silver sharks are not sharks at all, but freshwater fish with a very dramatic name.
🔍 Explore more at microcosmos.foldscope.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🦈 Today is Shark Awareness Day
This image shows the scale of a silver shark, captured by Foldscoper Rithika Ravishankar using a Foldscope. Fun fact: silver sharks are not sharks at all, but freshwater fish with a very dramatic name.
🔍 Explore more at microcosmos.foldscope.com
This image shows the scale of a silver shark, captured by Foldscoper Rithika Ravishankar using a Foldscope. Fun fact: silver sharks are not sharks at all, but freshwater fish with a very dramatic name.
🔍 Explore more at microcosmos.foldscope.com
🎉 Congratulations to our June Foldscoper of the Month, Dr. Anupma Harshal! 🎉
Explore more on Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com
Explore more on Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our June Foldscoper of the Month, Dr. Anupma Harshal! 🎉
Explore more on Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com
Explore more on Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com
🎨🚀 Foldscope is heading to Baltimore for the 2025 National Arts Integration and STEAM Conference
📍 Learn more at artsintegrationconference.com
📍 Learn more at artsintegrationconference.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🎨🚀 Foldscope is heading to Baltimore for the 2025 National Arts Integration and STEAM Conference
📍 Learn more at artsintegrationconference.com
📍 Learn more at artsintegrationconference.com
🌿 New Blog Post: Empowering Public Health Through Microscopy in the Peruvian Amazon 🔬🇵🇪
In May, Foldscope partnered with Innovalab to lead a workshop for public health workers from the Gerencia Regional de Salud (GERESA) Loreto, Peru.
📖 Read the full story:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/e...
In May, Foldscope partnered with Innovalab to lead a workshop for public health workers from the Gerencia Regional de Salud (GERESA) Loreto, Peru.
📖 Read the full story:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/e...
July 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🌿 New Blog Post: Empowering Public Health Through Microscopy in the Peruvian Amazon 🔬🇵🇪
In May, Foldscope partnered with Innovalab to lead a workshop for public health workers from the Gerencia Regional de Salud (GERESA) Loreto, Peru.
📖 Read the full story:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/e...
In May, Foldscope partnered with Innovalab to lead a workshop for public health workers from the Gerencia Regional de Salud (GERESA) Loreto, Peru.
📖 Read the full story:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/e...
🌼 New Blog Post: Foldscope In The Classroom – In The Garden: Flowers 🔬🐝
Flowers are more than beautiful. They are filled with microscopic structures that reveal how plants grow and reproduce.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
Flowers are more than beautiful. They are filled with microscopic structures that reveal how plants grow and reproduce.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
July 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌼 New Blog Post: Foldscope In The Classroom – In The Garden: Flowers 🔬🐝
Flowers are more than beautiful. They are filled with microscopic structures that reveal how plants grow and reproduce.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...
Flowers are more than beautiful. They are filled with microscopic structures that reveal how plants grow and reproduce.
👉 Read the full post:
foldscope.com/blogs/blog/f...