1. 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

2. 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 200x) Measurement functions Calibration My First Digital Microscope Great for capturing digital images and video of thin sections, smear slides, etc. 90mm x 90mm Stage with clips Real optical glass lenses 10X Widefield eyepiece with pointer 3 Achromatic objective lenses: 4X, 10X & 40X Power Magnification from 40X to 400X LED illumination

3. 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! 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! http://www.dino-lite.eu/www.dino-lite.eu

4. Laser cut 65x mag Forams at 200x mag Granite at 50x magVolcanic dust at 50x mag

5. My First Lab Ultimate Digital Microscope Microscope can be used with the Digital Eyepiece connected to a computer via the USB port or with the standard 10X 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 http://www.cnascientific.com/

6. 90% Forams 10% Rads 40x mag100% Rads 40x mag Sand, Silt, Clay 10x mag100 % Rads 40x mag

7. 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.

8. Thin Section: plain lightThin Section: Cross Polarized Light Sand, Silt, Clay: Cross Polarized LightThin Section: Cross Polarized Light

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

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

11. 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 rumford@iodp.tamu.eduweymer@iodp.tamu.edu firth@iodp.tamu.edu