A journey from Macroworld to Microworld III as a tool for youth education

The third year of an event highlighting the significance of work with a microscope for basic school students (specifically ZŠ Dolákova in Prague 8) was held under the guidance of Eva Pecková in October 2025. In the classroom, the children could examine samples of live and inanimate nature using ordinary light microscopes. In addition, they could compare them with images from an electron microscope. The programme continued at the Institute of Geology within the Week of the Czech Academy of Sciences in November. Upper class students were presented with the Tescan Vega 3XMU electron microscope operation, tried out the determination of mineral hardness using the Mohs scale (Z. Korbelová) and learned about the origin of minerals (J. Rohovec). The event was financially supported by the Czechoslovak Microscopic Society, and sponsor gifts were provided by the Tescan Company.