On February 18, 2020, Hitachi High-Technologies, Rus LLC. held a remote class using the TM4000 Tabletop Microscopes at Moomin-Troll School in Moscow as part of the school’s “Festival of Scientific Curiosity”.

The class was attended by twelve 12-13 year-old high-school pupils. Despite the restrictions on school visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff working from home in Moscow were able to provide a remote lecture on the body structures of insects and a hands-on demo of a TM4000 tabletop microscope based in Hitachi High-Tech headquarters in Tokyo.

Our staff guided the pupils as they took remote control of the microscope and they were able to examine and measure a variety of samples such as an ant, diatom plankton, egg-shells and grains of salt and sugar. Although they were nervous about operating high-tech equipment, after some encouragement they were exploring the microworld enthusiastically.

Hitachi High-Technologies, Rus LLC were happy to contribute to the school Festival of Scientific Curiosity and are looking forward to new online lessons with junior school and high school students.

We guided pupils as they operated the TM4000 to inspect and measure samples such as this ant

The remote lesson connected the school to staff in both Moscow and Tokyo