Potato Peels through the foldscope at LGP26-B3
Jun 02, 2026 • 5:15 PM UTC
India
50x Magnification
Plants
Ishit001
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Observing potato peels through the foldscope at 50x,140x & 340x.
Preparing the slide: I took a small piece of a potato slice's peel. I carefully put it on a clean glass slide using tweezers. then I applied some cello-tape (not ideal) and then used the back of the tweezers to crush the peels and make them as thin as possible so that light could pass through very easily.
Getting ready to observe: Then, I put the slide in the foldscope (the side of the slide with peel should face towards the lens), and closed the latch after aligning it properly with the hole for the lens. Then, I first put the 50x lens and pointed it towards the room light. The observations are written below. I repeated this process for 140x and 340x as well.
Images of the peel:
Preparing the slide: I took a small piece of a potato slice's peel. I carefully put it on a clean glass slide using tweezers. then I applied some cello-tape (not ideal) and then used the back of the tweezers to crush the peels and make them as thin as possible so that light could pass through very easily.
Getting ready to observe: Then, I put the slide in the foldscope (the side of the slide with peel should face towards the lens), and closed the latch after aligning it properly with the hole for the lens. Then, I first put the 50x lens and pointed it towards the room light. The observations are written below. I repeated this process for 140x and 340x as well.
Images of the peel:
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Observations:
i) 50x: the entire peel's rough structure is visible. small features are resolvable.
ii) 140x: the smaller features are visible now. water droplets can be seen in the middle. Cell boundaries are also visible.
iii) 340x: the individual cells & their nuclei are visible. it can be seen that the cells are in a grid like pattern and densely packed together.
i) 50x: the entire peel's rough structure is visible. small features are resolvable.
ii) 140x: the smaller features are visible now. water droplets can be seen in the middle. Cell boundaries are also visible.
iii) 340x: the individual cells & their nuclei are visible. it can be seen that the cells are in a grid like pattern and densely packed together.
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