A Wild (Strawberry) Adventure!
Jul 07, 2016 • 11:14 AM UTC
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Reethi and Keerthi
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Today, we went for a walk around our neighborhood and saw lots of wild strawberries. We thought that they’d be interesting to check out so we both picked a couple and put them under our Foldscopes.
The strawberries are very round and not very transparent, so when we got home we sliced them into two thin sections; the skin and seeds, and the leaves of the strawberry.
The first thing we noticed was that the wild strawberries seemed to be watery, but we suspected that rather than water, it was the juice of the strawberry that was released when we sliced up the strawberry. We also noticed that each of the seeds were very visible, as giant red spots under the Foldscope.
When we looked at the part with the leaves, we could clearly see the cells of the strawberry, which looked almost like a honeycomb!
The strawberries are very round and not very transparent, so when we got home we sliced them into two thin sections; the skin and seeds, and the leaves of the strawberry.
The first thing we noticed was that the wild strawberries seemed to be watery, but we suspected that rather than water, it was the juice of the strawberry that was released when we sliced up the strawberry. We also noticed that each of the seeds were very visible, as giant red spots under the Foldscope.
When we looked at the part with the leaves, we could clearly see the cells of the strawberry, which looked almost like a honeycomb!
This is the juicy inside of a wild strawberry
Here’s the strawberry before slicing and the sliced version of the skin and seeds
This is the sliced leaves of the strawberry
You can see the strawberry juice in the bubble, and the large red splotches are the seeds
Looks like a honeycomb! – But actually you can see that these are the cells of the strawberry
This is a really clear view of the strawberry’s leaves
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