Michelle Hyun

Pollen from Orange Poppy Flower

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 The salt sticks are a buffered electrolyte salt.
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 The salt sticks were observed under the foldscope and show many small molecules.
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 The sample was obtained at 9:30 pm on May 27, 2019. A salt stick cap was broken open and the powder was observed under the foldscope. Some molecules under the foldscope were clumped together more than others. #caltechbi1

Buffered Electrolyte Salts

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 There are many black spots.
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 The bag of rice the sample was obtained from.
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 The sample was obtained on May 29, 2019, at 12:30 AM. It was retrieved from communal rice flour bag in Lloyd House kitchen. The foldscope picture shows many black dots variously clumped together, with a large foggy spot in the center, which may be a result of the poor camera quality. #caltechbi1

Rice flour under Foldscope

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 This was the source of the eraser shaving samples.
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 The foldscope picture showed many thick black lines weaving together.
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 The sample was obtained on May 28, 2019, at 11:30 PM, by erasing some pencil marks with an eraser and getting the resulting shavings. The eraser was a Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser. The picture under the foldscope showed many thick, black lines intertwining and connecting together. #caltechbi1

Eraser Shavings

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 This was the tennis ball the sample was obtained from.
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 The felt under the foldscope showed thin lines and a neon yellow color.
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 The sample was obtained on May 28, 10:30 pm, from a Penn tennis ball. The felt was picked from the tennis ball and used as the sample. The image under the foldscope showed the strands of the felt, and also showed the neon color of the felt. #caltechbi1

Tennis ball felt

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 The sand under the foldscope was rock-like and black.
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 The sample was obtained from Huntington Beach on May 25, 2019 at 12:30 pm. The grains of sand under the foldscope showed many rock-looking black shapes. #caltechbi1

Grains of Sand

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 The image under the foldscope was many intertwined threads of material.
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 This was the source of the foldscope image.
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 The sample was obtained on May 29, 2019, at 1:00 am, from a roll of sports tape. A portion of the sports tape was ripped off and spread slightly apart, then put under the foldscope. The image under the foldscope showed many interlocking and intertwined threads of black lines. #caltechbi1

Michelle Hyun

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Eraser Shavings

Tennis ball felt

Grains of Sand

Sports Wrap Tape

Pollen from Orange Poppy Flower

Pollen from Purple Flower

Buffered Electrolyte Salts

Rice flour under Foldscope

Eraser Shavings

Tennis ball felt

Grains of Sand

Sports Wrap Tape

Pollen from Orange Poppy Flower

Pollen from Purple Flower

Buffered Electrolyte Salts

Rice flour under Foldscope

Eraser Shavings

Tennis ball felt

Grains of Sand

Sports Wrap Tape

Locations

Statistics

Type of Sample

Foldscope Lens Magnification