Making Slides in Your Spring Gardens

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Amy Downs

5th & 6th-grade teacher in Visalia, California

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The goal of Foldscoping these spring flowers was to experiment with the most accessible and easy to use tools to gather samples. I am forever amazed by this world of the microcosms! I am even more amazed that a paper microscope, tape, a paper slide & my iPad & cell phone can capture these images.
Sandwich the pollen with tape on a paper slide
Pollen sample
sticking to tape
Pollen sample using tape
Daffodil Pollen under Foldscope
Tulip Pollen
Tulip pollen under Foldscope
Tulip Pollen
Bonus! Aphid on Tulip
Aphid under Foldscope
Aphid leg next to possible morning dew ??
Aphid leg
Aphid leg with dew? (maybe)

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