Namita Shah What: Fibers of my shirt When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Used sticky tape to collect fibers
2. What: Soil in the succulent plant When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Used sticky tape to collect soil
3. What: A plant leaf When: April 27th Where: Home Depot garden section How: Used sticky tape to collect plant cells
4. What: Namita’s piece of hair When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Plucked a piece of hair from my head
5. What: Fibers and small particles from the sponge When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge kitchen How: Used sticky tape to collect sponge particles
6. What: Namita’s finger cells When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Used sticky tape to collect (dead?) skin cells
7. What: Friend’s flower petal When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Used sticky tape to collect plant cells
8. What: Fibers of a post-it note When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Accidentally ripped off part of a paper which was then put under the microscope
9. What: Juice inside of plant leaf When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Cut the plant in half and extracted the juice out of it
10. What: Grain of salt When: April 27th Where: In the Barrett lounge How: Dumped out a couple of salt particles on plate
I know not all of these were exciting objects, but it was really cool to look at them through a microscope!
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