Kristina Pechyonkina

The article emphasizes the relevance of using a digital microscope in primary school at the lessons while studying surrounding world with all its advantages as a means of developing cognitive interest in inanimate nature. The purpose of the article is to substantiate theoretically and test experimentally the possibility of developing third-graders' cognitive interest in inanimate nature by making videos using a digital microscope. The study revealed pedagogical conditions that contribute to the development of cognitive interest in inanimate nature among third graders by means of making videos using a digital microscope.