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LGP Day 1

| Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:06 PM



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Date: 20 May 2024
Day: Monday
Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: LR 005, AC-04, Ashoka University
Name of the student: Toshani Sharma

Foldscope is certainly an exciting thing as it’s the first time we are able to study and observe ample amount of specimen without having to utilise a complex microscope.

Our first day in the Foldscope workshop in the Lodha Genius Program was certainly a new yet keen experience when everyone was thrilled to be able to feel like little scientists or researchers.

Our first task was to fill in a google form which constituted of various questions that were interesting and ignited a fire within us to understand the motive behind it.

We then came to an exciting part of understanding the Foldscope and it’s implications and usage.

Then was the time for the first practical experience when we were allowed to observe the Fern rhizome under the Foldscope.

The above observation constitutes of the image observed with the magnification of 50x. Moreover, I observed that the dye used for the specimen made the picture clearer and easier for us to observe and study.

Hand in hand, we continued by mounting our first slide with a layer of onion epidermis.

The above image constitutes of the observations undertaken after observing the onion peels under different magnifications.
Moreover, it is evident that the observations alter at each magnification. According to me , while 50x provided an overview of the epidermal peel, 140x provided us with a clear view of the nucleus and the segments of the cells. 340x could provide a larger magnification of cells.

Therefore, the workshop no only provided insights into the field of Foldscope a but was successful in inhabiting the practice within us to distinguish and sketch our observations.

Hence, the workshop was a fun yet educational, interactive and informative one. I am looking forward to the rest of the classes we have awaiting and cannot wait to observe diverse samples in the upcoming days.



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Type of Sample
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Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

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