I’ve loved my Foldscope, using it with the small magnifying light source as well as holding it up to the natural light. However I wanted to find another lightsource that would be: 1. battery operated 2. dimmable (and not too bright for your eyes) 3. fairly cheap, yet easy to find (!) This past week…
Category: Materials
Anything related to non-biological or biological materials
What’s this? (Hint: It’s a vegetable.)
We did a Foldscope workshop in Yokohama, Japan. A 12 year old girl brought a sample from her kitchen. What do you think this is? 横浜でフォールドスコープのワークショップを開催しました。 12歳（小学6年生）の女の子が、キッチンからサンプルをもってきてくれましたよ！ これは何でしょう？ ヒントは、野菜です。 The answer is… celery! セロリ でした！ Thank you! Sayaka
Foldscope application in quality control of electrospun fibers by observing beads formation
The solution of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) of varying concentrations were prepared and used to fabricate nano- and micro-spun fibers for biomaterial applications. If any beads are present in these electrospun fibers (which is an indication of poor quality fibers), it suggests the need to optimize the parameters (such as temperature, humidity, concentration, speed, etc.). Here, the…
Unknown Algal Specimen from Loktak Lake, Manipur
Student Name: Anjali Manoj College/School: CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore. Specimen: Unknown specimen of Kingdom Plantae Division Thallophyta Specimen collected from: Shell of snail found at Loktak Lake, Manipur on 2nd December, 2018 Specimen observed at: CMR National PU College at ITPL, Bangalore on 6th December, 2018
SCIENCE IS THE GREAT ANTIDOTE TO THE POISON OF ENTHUSIASM😄♥
Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled…
LAKES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED A FANTABULOUS WORKSHOP
Although Lakes International School already succeeded in promoting the use of foldscope till the standard 8th but On 4TH DECEMBER, 2018 I.e, on Tuesday Lakes International School, Bhimtal organized a Workshop for the students of the school and also of the schools in the locality like GGIC, GIC, KENDRA VIDYALAYA;etc. The program took the form…
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Hygiene workshop for secondary school boys, REI school, Agra
It is important to maintain personal hygiene to protect oneself from diseases and remain healthy. Awareness campaign on personal hygiene was conducted in secondary school, Agra. A total of 143 students from class 6 to class 8 participated in the workshop. Samples from hands, mouth, feet, unwashed clothes, hair, nails and drinking water were collected….
Fabrics under foldscope
We used foldscope to view the structure of fabric and interestingly a single strand of fabric seemed like a complex structure under the foldscope. Through foldscope we can observe how clean and unclean fabrics look at microscopic level. We have created slides of clean synthetic fabric and unwashed synthetic fabric and viewed them under foldscope….
Foldscope Workshop at Jim Higher Secondary School and Millennium School, Imphal conducted by CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore
Under the Foldscope Twinning programme, we visited Jim Higher Secondary School and Millenium School in Imphal along with our Twinning partner D M College of Science, Imphal. We interacted with the students of grades 11 and 12 and showed them our foldscopes and our research work using foldscopes. The students observed our slides on nano…
Foldscope workshop and Twinning programe with D M College of Science, Imphal and CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore
On the 30th of November 2018, we visited the DM College of Sciences at Imphal, one one the premier institutions of higher education and research in Manipur. We headed to the PG Zoology classroom where we met the zoology students. We showed them all our work with our foldscopes and discussed with them our plans…
Fibre to fabric class vii
Spun wool Arkandi Wool
Foldscope workshop and Twinning programme between T.G Higher Secondary School, Imphal and CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore
On the 1st of December, we visited the Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School(T.G Higher Secondary School), an all-girls school named after a Manipuri princess. It was established in the year 1935 and so it had a vintage charm to it. The girls were all wearing the traditional phanek as their uniform and were very jovial and friendly. The…
T.S. of Petiole of Mango , without staining , 13.11.2018, ( sample collected from farm of ICAR, Meghalaya).
T.S. of Petiole of Mango , without staining , 13.11.2018,( sample collected from farm of ICAR, Meghalaya). It is clear that there is spectrum of light or light reflection which is near to epidermis, How we can explain it ? We have seen it in some other T.S. images of petiole even inside the cell...
Presentation and demonstration of Foldscope in workshop @Imtech, Chandigarh
A 5 day long workshop was conducted at MTCC, CSIR-Imtech. Attending the workshop at Institute of Microbial Technology, Imtech, Chandigarh, was a wonderful experience for me, as not only I got a chance to learn about new techniques in the field of microbial systematics, but also got a chance to meet the academic and industrial…
Foldscope workshop for undergraduate students
In Dayalbagh Educational Institute, we have a compulsory half-course to be taken up by first year undergraduate students. The half-course is an interdisciplinary course, which can be opted from any other department other than your own. Foldscope workshop was conducted in the Environmental Sciences class which is a half-course attended by students from a wide…
T.S. of petiole of leaf sample
T.S. of petiole of leaf of peepal, somple collected from ICAR, Umiam, Meghalaya under twinning programme with North-east region.
Workshop Arranged and Demonstration done in an Exemplary way
LAKES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHIMTAL again arranged an interactive session regarding the Foldscope. The Enthusiasm and excitement is ascalating among the students. Today, we had this prodigious opportunity to demonstrate the students who never ever knew the Foldscope or its usage and never had Access to it. They were seen delighted, Sunny, glowing and beatific. Well,…
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya), Staining with safranin
T.S. OF Petiole of Bamboo leaf
T.S. of Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya)
T.s. of Petiole of Bamboo Leaf
T.S. Petiole of Bamboo leaf (sample collected from ICAR,Meghalaya),without staning
Workshop successfully conducted and the foldscope experiments were really appreciated
Workshop successfully conducted in SARASWATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHIMTAL | INDIAN MODERN SCHOOL, MEHRAGAON, BHIMTAL | BROOKDALE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, SATTAL, BHOWALI | Workshop began with the introduction to Foldscope followed by displaying some images of the experiment clicked by our school LAKES INTERNATIONAL like Pollen grains, Algae ; etc, to awaken the excitement within the students….
Exposing the microfauna on unwashed clothes through Foldscope
Health and hygiene are two important interlinked parameters, for example, It is obvious that clothing picks up dirt from the environment and work areas. In fact, a human shed about 500 million skin cells and a liter of sweat every day. Our clothing absorbs this sweat and other secretions from our body. The body heat…
COTTON FIBRE
S ABHIK EKYA SCHOOLS, ITPL The fibre taken here is cotton. the fibre is made of cellulose and the fluffy hair like extension are seen.
Workshop on use of Foldscope for observing various nano materials
College : CMR National PU College ITPL Bangalore Students involved: II PU (grade 12) Description: Workshop on use of Foldscope to view various nano materials was conducted in our college campus today. Students were explained about foldscope and its use. They made slides to observe different nano materials as well as pollens, insects, chemicals etc. …