Foldscope assembly workshop at Sabanci University in Turkey & button and plankton tow making
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minutebodies
I'm a cardiovascular researcher, science educator and bio-maker based in NYC.
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This week a three day Foldscope workshop was run at Sabanci University’s highschool summer program in Istanbul, Turkey. T his was the first Foldscope workshop in Turkey. I hope that with this workshop, more people from Turkey will hear about Foldscope.
In this three day workshop, we first assembled our Foldscopes and learnt how to use them. We also made a DIY plankton tow from some stockings and hunted plankton from Sabanci University’s water filtration lake for sample preparation. Another activity was to make buttons from photos taken by Foldscopes. For this we used a free button design website ( http://www.button-designer.com/ButtonDesigner/overview.php ), and a button maker from University’s brand new maker space . Finally, we used our Foldscopes in projection mode for some beautiful microscopic drawing.
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In this three day workshop, we first assembled our Foldscopes and learnt how to use them. We also made a DIY plankton tow from some stockings and hunted plankton from Sabanci University’s water filtration lake for sample preparation. Another activity was to make buttons from photos taken by Foldscopes. For this we used a free button design website ( http://www.button-designer.com/ButtonDesigner/overview.php ), and a button maker from University’s brand new maker space . Finally, we used our Foldscopes in projection mode for some beautiful microscopic drawing.
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Microscopic photos taken by Foldscopes were prepared for making buttons
We made buttons using photos taken by Foldscopes
We used Foldscopes in projection mode for drawing
We hunted plankton from the lake with our DIY plankton tow
High school students who attended the workshop
DIY plankton tow made by stockings
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