La observación de hoy fue la piel finita de la cebolla (epidermis). Primero corté la piel finita de la cebolla. Después hice la muestra. Lo que logramos ver fueron las células que forman parte de la cebolla. Logré ver círculos. Después colocamos una muestra mas. Pero a esta le colocamos colorante azul de metileno. Logré…
Category: Biology
Anything biological
Passion flower anatomy
I decided to sacrifice and dissect a Passion flower from my backyard. Using a diagram from the web I’m pretty sure I viewed the petal corona fiber ( purple) ovary ( seeds?) stigma and anther ( both had green pollen grains) and the red petal ( awesome pigment granules!) #Bio60_2021
Backyard bug from Palo Alto
I was collecting flowers for some foldscoping but noticed they were home to some tiny hopping bugs. Managed to trap one and smash it on a slide ( had to) so I could take a look. Very cool! What is it? #Bio60_2021
Piel de un ejote
La observación de hoy fue la piel de un ejote que encontramos en la cocina. Primero corté la vaina del ejote. Después tomé un pedacito de su piel e hice la muestra. Lo que logramos observar fueron las células que forman parte de la piel del ejote.
Cochinillas algodonosas
La observación de hoy fue una cochinilla algodonosa que estaba en una equeveria. Logré ver unas unas manchitas grises y se le ven unas patas. En la parte de su cola vimos algunas líneas y unas manchas cafés. Aquí logré ver la parte central del cuerpo y se le ven algunas patas también.
El ala de una mosca
La observación de hoy fue el ala de una mosca. Vemos a simple vista la forma que tiene, se le ven algunas líneas muy pequeñas. Logré observar la punta del ala, es muy finita. Se le ven algunas líneas y puntos muy finitos. Pude ver una línea gruesa, negra y tiene algunas espinas. En el…
Observation of intestinal mesentery of Frog
The circulatory system carries oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells, and removes waste products like carbon dioxide. The three basic components of the circulatory system include blood, blood vessels, and the heart. Bloood is pumped by the heart and then flows through the vessels – a net work of interconnecting arteries, arterioles, cappilaries, venules, and…
Pollinators’ paradise
Bees are a rare sight in the city. They are seen as a threat, and we humans are driving them to extinction. Yet, without them no life is possible on Earth. A passion fruit vine in my garden sees scores of pollinators every afternoon. What’s admirable is that both species that visit, honeybees and stingless…
Larva de Mosquito
Esta es la observación que hice con una larva de mosquito. Logré observar la cola de una larva de mosquito y vi que en su cola tiene algunos pelos. Observé en su cabeza que tiene algunas líneas y unas antenas que son para detectar el olfato. Logré observar una línea café dentro del cuerpo y…
Pupa de Mosquito
Hola soy Rocío, vivo en Xalapa Veracruz y me estoy capacitando en Join the Node y esta es la observación que hice a la pupa de un mosquito. Aquí logré observar que en su cola tiene algunos pelos. Aquí pude observar unas líneas que son las que componen su cuerpo. Logré ver sus trompetillas que…
Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) is a solid – liquid form of chromatography where the stationary phase is normally a polar absorbent and the mobile phase can be a single solvent or combination of solvents. In thin layer chromatography, the stationary phase is a polar absorbent which finely ground alumina or silica particles. This absorbent is…
Cells: The Fundamental Units of Life
Cell is the unit of life. All living organisms are constructed from cell Reference: Essential Cell Biology. 4th Edition 2013; Photos experment when I have learned General Biology Labwork for 1 year.
Observaciones de plantas
Hola soy Rocío, vivo en Xalapa Veracruz y me estoy capacitando en Join the Node y esta es la observación que hice. Lo que creí que se podría ver desde los pétalos de la flor eran unas células en forma de bolitas, como si fueran cristales. Miramos una hoja de trébol, cuando pudimos verla notamos…
‘Hair’ Goes Nothing!
Intro Growing up, I always had short hair. It was barely ever longer than a classic buzz cut. I swam all the way through college, so having shorter hair was just easier since it was always getting exposed to absurd amounts of chlorine. Cue COVID, graduating college and finishing my swim career, and living with…
Roasted seaweed snack
Presented are the methods and experimentally obtained images of a roasted seaweed snack under magnification via a Foldscope. This exercise was performed as part of Stanford’s BIOE 301C: Diagnostics Devices Lab. Methods. A Foldscope was obtained and assembled using the typical procedure. To hold the sample, the paper slides with rectangular windows (Fig. 1) was…
Pollen grains of Hibiscus under foldoscope
Pollen grains of Hibiscus flower under foldoscope.This was my first attempt.
Worm from sf baylands mud
I collected mud from Harriet Mundy Marsh in Palo Alto baylands and filmed this worm: nematode?
Outer and inner onion epidermises – stained at home!
The first time I sampled an onion peel was a bit different from the introductory experiment in a biology textbook (I observed the outer epidermis, without staining it). Till now I haven’t been able to get the same “3D” effect again (https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?p=197449), but today’s observations were equally beautiful! This time, I observed and compared the…
#EarthDay Plant Box Treasures
In celebration of #EarthDay, our youngsters headed outside to our plant boxes. We do not have open grounds since we live in the city but this did not stop them from enjoying the little treasures outside. #Kalachuchi #FoldscopePhilippines #foldscope #foldscopePH # #CitSci #CitizenScience #7lakesscience #7lakescistizenscience #7lakescitizenscientists #7lakescitizenscientiststeam
Spores, pollen, wonder and more
This is a documentation of two intended samples and one hitch-hiked sample, all very different from each other yet peacefully inhabiting the same square foot habitat. Plus one bonus sample at the end! When I first learnt about fern spores, I was intrigued by how an entire plant grew out of a microscopic grain, and…
Lilac Closeup
I examined three purple spring flowers in my yard (tulip, lilac, wild violet) expecting them to look similar at the cellular level. I was surprised how different they looked! Here is a picture of the lilac. Please see my other posts for pictures of the other flowers.
Tulip Closeup
I examined three purple spring flowers in my yard (tulip, lilac, wild violet) expecting them to look similar at the cellular level. I was surprised how different they looked! Here is a picture of the tulip. Please see my other posts for pictures of the other flowers.
Wild Violets in My Yard
I examined three purple spring flowers in my yard (tulip, lilac, wild violet) expecting them to look similar at the cellular level. I was surprised how different they looked! Here is a picture of the wild violet. What are the little alien-like tentacles? See my other posts for pictures of the other flowers.
A Camera-shy Tardigrade!
My first tardigrade – and a surprise at that. I looked into my Foldscope, and, without panning or focusing, the first thing that I saw was a slightly blurred, but recognisable little creature! Yesterday I scraped off some lichens from two trees on my street. I think they were the same kind of lichens; they…
Please anyone help I got a scratch in my lens
Video 0 Circle like life forms
can anyone tell me what this is?
I found it on the monitor screen. Walking very fast.
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Scales on a gecko tail
A gecko that was sitting above my garden door took fright when I opened the door and dropped its tail. I took advantage of this situation and saved the tail for some Foldscope explorations. It was incredible to see the variability in the pigment distribution, colour and pattern on the scales. Some areas are sparsely…