Benjamin Nguyen

As you all know, nature can be fascinating, more specific, biology. Soil for me was the most fascinating and I was curious, what does soil look like up close?


 The soil is my first sample during a vacation. For some reason, it looked like soil was nothing on a Foldscope, although it looked like it was something. This fascinated me, so I took a closer look. Microscopic dirt is there. Once I found out, I became more curious about the soil. What is in there? Is there more types of soil in this world?

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First Soil

After a while, I wonder what is in hair? Just strands? I have collected samples from my mom. I took both black and white hair because I thought that black and white hair are different (not just looks).


 After, I saw that both of the hair’s bottom have a little lightbulb-like bottom, almost microscopic, but the white’s bottom is smaller than the black one.

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A Hairy Discovery

So I decided to try something: Can I drain the color of an orchid petal using the Foldscope? Well, that was a success. Although I can’t provide a picture, use your Foldscope and drain some color out of petals! My result was a colorless petal with a pattern on it. Other petals’ color may not be drained, but try different flowers!

Benjamin Nguyen

Earth

Posts

First Soil

A Hairy Discovery

Drained Colors

Ant or fly?

Locations

Statistics

Type of Sample

Foldscope Lens Magnification