Edwin Priscus

Foldscope workshop summary

Fern rhizome under foldscope

Foldscope session conducted at St. Joseph primary school , as part of rising stem star session conducted by projekt inspire team . Students were able to explore micro-world , to capture new knowledge related to science of living things and they saw how microworld appeared under 140x magnification using foldscope.

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Foldscope workshop for primary school students in Tanzania.

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 Frog smear blood ( erythrocytes).
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Frog blood

Red boundary cell wall and silver seed like structure found at the middle , it is the image of kelp observed using foldscope.The image was clearly seen under 140x magnification. Kelps are large group of brown algae seaweed that make up the order Laminariales.

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 This time the image was not seen clearly, but it’s part can be identified. The red part look like red cilia floating in water.
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Kelp

Long thread like structure, image of Thread algae observed using Foldscope. The sample was obtained from water pond, found nearby projekt inspire Office. On navigating around the sample mounted on slide , also water ciliates were seen roaming around.

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 Thread algae and water ciliates found from water pond.
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Foldscope workshop for primary school students in Tanzania.

Frog blood

Kelp

Thread algae

Foldscope workshop summary

Fern rhizome under foldscope

Foldscope workshop for primary school students in Tanzania.

Frog blood

Kelp

Thread algae

Foldscope workshop summary

Fern rhizome under foldscope

Foldscope workshop for primary school students in Tanzania.

Frog blood

Kelp

Thread algae

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Foldscope Lens Magnification