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We had been to Lalbagh botanical garden from our school to use foldscope as educational tool. We were glad to be accompanied by Mr  A N Yellappa Reddy and Dr. Jayashree, Head of the department of Botany and her students from NMKRV College.  We assembled the foldscope under the guidance of our teacher Mrs Kavitha Sebestin  and collected the samples of different species and observed them under foldscope.

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Field Trip to Lalbagh

On 22 ND December our school conducted Heritage of India exhibition. I was fortunate enough to introduce Foldscopes to everyone. We collected some samples of different kinds of feathers and observed them under the foldscope. I was happy to introduce the Foldscope to my parents.

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Day 1 Exhibition at school

On 31st December the students of classes 9th and 10th observed various samples under foldscope during a substitution class taken by our science mam. We took an infected leaf and scraped the infected part and observed it under the foldscope. We were excited to observe a microbe.

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Temporary slide preparation

Last week I was excited to watch ciliated columnar epithelial tissue under foldscope .  I took a permanent slide and observed under foldscope. Watching ciliated columnar tissue was beyond description. I observed that the cells of this tissue were long and had hair-like  projections called cilia .This tissue helps in absorption  and secretion .
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Ciliated columnar epithelium under foldscope

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Petal cells of Chrysanthemum

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 Today I got an opportunity to watch Copper Sulphate under microscope .


 Copper Sulphate is a sulphate salt of copper. It can be seen as a large, bright blue crystals . It contains 5 molecules of water (CuSO4. 5H2O).


 It is also known as blue vitriol, cupric sulphate and Roman vitriol.   It is the inorganic compound with chemical formula CuS04.


 
 It is used for agricultural purposes,  as a pesticide, germicide and to prevent the growth of algae.

Copper sulphate crystals under foldscope

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 A
 
 
 Fungus
 
 
 is a eukaryote that digests food externally and absorbs nutrients directly through its cell walls. Fungi are heterotrophs like animals that obtain energy from other organisms.


 Fungi are considered serious pathogens to many plants and can cause severe economic damage. Early detection of these pathogens is very important and might be critical for their control. The available methods for detection of fungi are time consuming and not always very specific.

arpitha ashokshenoy

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Ciliated columnar epithelium under foldscope

Petal cells of Chrysanthemum

Copper sulphate crystals under foldscope

Fungus on Potato under foldscope

Field Trip to Lalbagh

Day 1 Exhibition at school

Temporary slide preparation

Ciliated columnar epithelium under foldscope

Petal cells of Chrysanthemum

Copper sulphate crystals under foldscope

Fungus on Potato under foldscope

Field Trip to Lalbagh

Day 1 Exhibition at school

Temporary slide preparation

Ciliated columnar epithelium under foldscope

Petal cells of Chrysanthemum

Copper sulphate crystals under foldscope

Fungus on Potato under foldscope

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