My first day with a Foldscope!


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 I live near Toronto, Canada.  A friend gave me a few prepared slides (which are old, but still fairly decent).  This one contains stained specimens of paramecium, which are single-celled organisms that live in water.


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 This next one is of the head of a mosquito larvae. Looking forward to using it in a whole variety of different ways.


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 This is a stained cross-section of a pine needle.


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 Fred, my cat, donated one of his very fine hairs to science.  It’s interesting to discover that it is made up of extremely tiny segments.


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My first day with a Foldscope.

Kevin Lamb

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