Monday, December 10, 2012

Life at 400x

This latest photographic project has been possible due to my stint student teaching 7th and 8th grade science, specifically my unit on cell biology.  I have access to an AverVision document viewer with a microscope adapter where I can photograph what the microscope sees.  The resolution on these is too low for print, but I’ve already started looking into other methods of micro-photography.

Cork Cells

cork 400x

Dog bowl water containing dog mouth cells and bacterial cells

dog water 400x

Onion cells and nuclei with iodine stain

onion400x

Potato cells and plastids with iodine stain

potato at 400x 2

Red Pepper cells and nuclei

red pepper at 400 2

Yogurt live cultures (bacterial cells)

yogurt bacteria 400x

I have 2 weeks of access to the microscope, any suggestions for what to examine next?

-Kelly