TeamFoldscope
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. foldscope.com
- Foldscope Instruments will attend the SCSELA 2026 Conference on Feb. 6 and 7, 2026, as an exhibitor and will host workshops! Teachers, come by our booth to learn about our affordable paper microscope, and expand your students' access to microscopy! 🔬 ✨ Go to buff.ly/91UvOFI for more info!
- It’s affordable, portable, and completely waterproof!💧 As Manu shows in this video, the adventures with a Foldscope are endless. You can take it ANYWHERE…even a hot spring in the Chilean fjords, and that’s truly the beauty of the Foldscope. 🔗 Tap the link in our bio to get yours! #ChileanFjords
- Would you still eat snow cream after watching this video?🍦🔬❄️ #Foldscope #SnowUnderMicroscope
- 📍Boone, NC Fast and Curious Tour stop! 📌Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #boonenc #educatorworkshop #fastandcurioustour
- 📸 Snapshots from the Fast and Curious Tour stops at the University of North Carolina Wilmington! @cestem.uncw For all things Fast and Curious, visit our website: foldscope.com/pages/fast-c... ✨ Apply for the tour: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #FastandCurious #UNCW #ScienceEducatorWorkshop
- We’re proud to celebrate every 2025 Foldscoper of the Month and the impact they’ve made through curiosity, creativity, and shared discovery! 🦠🌿🐜 Foldscoper of the Month is chosen from the top poster each month. Join the community at microcosmos.foldscope.com! #Foldscope
- With a Foldscope in hand, science is always within reach. Explore, discover, and learn anytime, anywhere. Tap the link in our bio to learn more. #Foldscope #AccessibleScience #STEMEducation
- Congratulations to our 2025 Foldscoper of the Year, Prakash Sampath! 🎉 Prakash published 116 diverse posts on Microcosmos in 2025. To be the next titleholder, join our community and excel in both quality and quantity of posts in 2026. ✨ Explore his posts: buff.ly/xIgWxmk #FoldscoperOfTheYear
- We heard 2026 was the new 2016... so here's a little Foldscope throwback! 10 years later, and our mission is still the same! -
- 🥹A thrilling moment from day 2 of our Fast & Curious Tour stop with CESTEM at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, as this teacher saw the amazement of what the Foldscope 2.0 is. 📌 APPLY NOW FOR THE FAST & CURIOUS TOUR AT docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #fastandcurious
- We're giving out FREE Foldscopes to educators and community leaders in the US! Visit foldscope.com/pages/fast-c... for more information or... 📌 Apply now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #freefoldscopes #educatorworkshop #fastandcurioustour
- 🎉 Congratulations to our December Foldscoper of the Month, Enrico Piperno! 🎉 📸 Follow his work: Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/A1bYO... Instagram: @e.piperno
- The projector feature of the Foldscope is one of our favorites! Try it for yourself and tag us 😄 💡 Pro tip: If you are projecting onto a table, grab a piece of paper and trace what you see! You'll end up with a really cool piece of artwork 🎨 #foldscopeprojectorfeature #scienceclassinspo
- Our Fast & Curious Tour visited the Fort Mill Schools District Office in Fort Mill, SC, where educators had the opportunity to learn about the Foldscope 2.0! Thank you to everyone who joined us. It was inspiring to hear how Foldscope will be used to engage students in new and exciting ways. 🌱
- Congratulations to Nicole Mills of RTI International, the winner of our Foldscope drawing at the K–12 Carolinas STEM Teaching & Learning Conference! Check out and support RTI International's Clean Water for US Kids program at this link!💧https://www.rticleanplus.org/en #carolinasstemconference
- Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳🎉 Be on the lookout for our January newsletter next week, where we’ll recap everything Foldscope accomplished in 2025! #2026 #newyearnewdiscoveries
- In March of 2025, Dr. Debarati Chattopadhyay and Dr. Anupma Harshal, with St. Joseph's University in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, led a Foldscope workshop with students at Loyola PUC School in Manvi, Raichur, Karnataka. 🦠 Read more about this workshop on Foldscope's Microcosmos!
- 🎉 Congratulations to our November’s Foldscoper of the Month, Juan Morales-Trejo! 🎉 📸 Follow his work: Microcosmos: microcosmos.foldscope.com/author/8282 Facebook: El Nodo: Ciencia @elnodociencia YouTube: El Nodo: Ciencia @elnodociencia
- Happy Holidays from all of us at Foldscope Instruments! 🎄 Wishing you a season filled with joy... and plenty of curiosity, wonder, and discovery too! Thank you for exploring the microscopic world with us this year. Here’s to a bright, science-filled New Year! 🥳 #HappyHolidaysFromFoldscope
- Our Fast & Curious Tour visited the Catawba County School District Administration Office in Newton, NC, where educators had the opportunity to learn about the Foldscope Mini and Foldscope 2.0! 🔬 #FastAndCuriousTour #HandsOnLearning #EducatorWorkshop
- 👀 Have you ever looked at your cat's fur from a microscopic view? #foldscopeexplorerkit #microscopyathome #cathairunderamicoscope
- Big discoveries don’t need big tools 🔍 🌿 The Foldscope 2.0 is: 🧑🧑🧒 Kid-friendly 🎒 Lightweight & travel-ready 🔬 Made to zoom in and make science FUN 📲 Tap the link in our bio to grab your Foldscope 2.0 and start zooming into your own magnificent discoveries! #Foldscope #ScienceIsFun
- Our Fast & Curious Tour stopped at Isothermal Community College in Spindale, NC, where educators got hands-on with the Foldscope Mini and Foldscope 2.0! Thank you to everyone who joined us. It was inspiring to hear how Foldscope will be used to engage students in new and exciting ways.🌱
- guys... you just gotta trust us, so we can stop stomping on them 😄 #foldscope #accessiblescience
- ❄️ OUR HOLIDAY SALE ENDS TOMORROW! ❄️ Don't miss your chance to grab Foldscope products and accessories at their best prices of the year! SHOP NOW before the sale ends at Foldscope.com #Foldscope #HolidaySale #ScienceGiftInspo
- 🎄✨ Give the gift of curiosity this holiday season! Foldscope products turn tiny moments into BIG discoveries. Perfect for curious kids, educators, and science lovers of all ages, these hands-on tools make exploring the microscopic world easy and affordable. 🎁 shop now: foldscope.com
- 👀 First looks. Real reactions. Endless curiosity. You too can use a Foldscope to explore the microscopic world, and share your discoveries on Microcosmos! This platform connects science enthusiasts worldwide. 🌎 Tap the link in our bio to learn more! #Foldscope #Microcosmos #CuriosityInAction
- Take a look at this list and you will see that Foldscopes make great gifts (and the accessories can be fun stocking stuffers!!)! Happy Holidays! Visit foldscope.com/pages/store-... to take advantage of our holiday sales!
- Only 1 HOUR left to grab a Foldscope 2.0 Deluxe Pouch for $19.99, an exclusive deal at ASCB 2025! This kit includes: 👝Decorative cloth pouch 🔬Foldscope 2.0 💡LED light 🔎2 lenses (50x & 140x) Come visit our booth #113 in the Exhibitor Hall and get this deal while you still can!
- Hello from Philadelphia! 👋 Foldscope is excited to be part of #ASCB2025, sharing how accessible, affordable science can spark curiosity and empower learners of all ages. Come visit us to try out a paper microscope at Booth #113 in Hall E. We can't wait to meet you! #foldscope #ASCB2025 #microscopy
- We are celebrating 10 years of magnifying curiosity! 🥳🎉🔬
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- Foldscopes as part of an escape room? What a great idea!!
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- 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
- Reposted by TeamFoldscopeManu Prakesh ($1 #foldscope fame) guest stars on #TheMicroscopists. Quite incredible drive & desire for making science hands-on & accessible. He also talks about his passion for fieldwork, & explains why he has barnacles growing in his bathroom! Stream bit.ly/microscopist... @prakashlab.bsky.social
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- 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...
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- Fast & Curious 2025–2026 is a program that brings free professional development workshops and our paper microscopes, Foldscopes, to communities across the United States. Apply today: docs.google.com/forms/d/1q9f...
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- Worried about microplastics around you. We are excited about utilization of our low cost Raman microscopy tools in identifying microplastic pollution - from human body to California beaches to deep ocean. Read the story here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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- 🔬 Want free microscopes and training? Educators and community leaders in the US can apply to receive free Foldscopes (paper microscopes), hands-on training, and lesson plans to use with their students and communities. 📌 Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- 🌱 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...
- 🔬 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
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- Reposted by TeamFoldscopeFor last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs. To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
- 🔬 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
- 🔬 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
- 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/
- 🔬 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.
- "By stepping back slightly, I saw them step forward and take charge of their learning." "Stepping outside the classroom has the potential to transform not just the scenery, but our pedagogical approach in powerful ways." -Avanish Singh Empowering students to become active learners - how powerful!
- 🌊 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...
- 🌏 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
- 🌿 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
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- We love seeing this kind of excitement about getting a Foldscope!
