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Foldscope Raffle

I have been working on acquiring Foldscopes for my classroom and what better time to do so! I will be in and out of our classroom and what better way to explore our designated “area” in the schoolyard as well as to get students engaged in school and learning. This would help to make things…

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cute little chubby tardigrade

After two days of continuous of continuous rain in West bengal , kharagpur the places finally became wet enough to host this little creature on our walls . I collected this sample from a wall of our backyard a few days ago and ever since I have sort of become a tardigrade enthusiast .So I…

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Mosquito larvae….

Hey Foldscopers.., I am Rahul Ramteke. Today I am publishing some pics of Mosquito larva which was growing in stagnant water 💦 which was formed in the mud near my house 🏡 as there is monsoon in India.

Hello foldscopers!

This is Arya Balpande from India. As it is monsoon in India we get to see many types of algal growths. I have been observing one of them. Sharing with you the same.

Stomata on Grass…

Hii Foldscopers, I am Rahul Ramteke. Today I am publishing the images of stomata on the epidermal layer of grass…

Volvox in water…

Hii Foldscopers…, I am Rahul Ramteke… Today I am publishing the pics of Volvox which I have found in freshwater of tap 🚰 at my home.. I have seen the Volvox in paper slide of my foldscope just by putting a drop of tap water in paper slide….

“Cooler” at my home…

Here are some pictures of the cooler which is there at my home. This is the cooler (water💦) in which I found the Copepod…..

Hii Foldscopers….

I am Rahul Ramteke from India. I have found a “Copepod” in cooler’s water… which I want to share with you all… This is my first post on Microcosmos…..

Grain

Grain testing the app

Differential Interference Contrast microscopy(DIC)

For some days I’ve been thinking about this type of microscopy .I saw this on a video on the youtube channel called ‘journey to the microcosmos’,this video blew my mind ,then i remembered that i do have a foldscope,from then i’ve tried to think on how i can do this ,but it was worth the…

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OBSERVATION ON AN INSECT

Hey all , I was observing an insect and its eggs for a long time .I was thinking to see it under foldscope . After that I saw it on my foldscope and amazing results came out. The eggs already got hatched.There was an small tiny insect which was barely visible .Then amazing results came…

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Banana leaf

We made a slide of a banana leaf and viewed it through the scope … How beautiful!

Foldscope at Home: Flatworm

https://youtu.be/XbdVOFGmPLM Find out about flatworms with Foldscope! This is the second video in a 3-part pond water series.

Foldscope at Home: Spirogyra

https://youtu.be/IcAI5cRxj3A See spirogyra's spiralling chloroplasts with Foldscope! This is the first video in a 3-part pond water series.