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—Introduced to the world of education in 1989 by Kerry Ruef, the loupe is an almost magical, magnification tool. With The Private Eye process, the loupe is a metaphor for magnifiying thought.

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"The Private Eye opens up a new world to people of all ages and makes us want to probe the micro-world, a place we often dismiss. The song lyric puts the Private Eye in context – “When you are young and always looking at the far side of the hill, you might miss the fairest flower standing by you very still.” We have before us the macro world in which we choose to concentrate, with a whole new world of infinite pieces, a flower if you will, that we can readily see with the aid of The Private Eye."
 — Dr. Joe Baust,
      Past President of the North American
       Association for Environmental Education


"Your STEM course was very powerful and has changed my approach to science teaching. I can already see the difference with my students and we are only on week 3 of using the loupes."
  — Allyson Dubuque
      Beaverton School District, Beaverton, OR



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