This week we have grown our corn crops even further! We sure can see that that they are alive! This was an experiment to see if a seed is alive! Our group’s kernels all grew and are in great condition! I hope they grow to be really tall and strong! Maybe they will grow corn! This image
In Science/Tech, we are also one of the lucky schools to test the Fold Scopes! These are microscopes purely made of paper! Origami! We take small samples and put them on slides. After we insert the slide into our Fold Scope, we can hold it up to a light to see! It is so cool to see all the cells. I think this is a very amazing product because it is easy to use, easy to make, very light, and very cheap! Only about 1 dollar. I hope everyone in the world can soon use and test these cool products!When our class had to experiment with the Fold Scopes, we had to find samples of something to test. My group used Ivan’s and Becky’s hair. This is an image of what we saw through the Fold Scope. Some other groups looked at leaves or the water from the fish tank. The amazing person who made this invention of the Fold Scopes is Dr. Prakash from Stanford University! Here is a link to his website! What we are seeing here is really cool!
This is the slide we made! --->
(Sorry that the image is so blurry. It really clear when you see with your eye not through iPads.)
That was really a fun experience. Our group saw lots of dots through our fold scopes which was a sample of wood. We stuck a tape really hard to the tree and then took it our. There were lots of white things on it. It is very interesting that just folding a paper and using light can be as good as a regular microscope. Also our Apparatus grew so tall that it grew over the bottle. In ours, we could see the seeds, roots, an the sprout place and above. It was a overall fun experience where we couldn't have got anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Apparatus Experiment was a fun activity because our seed actually grew which was pretty cool since it was a popcorn colonel and it was interesting too. Also it was a really good way to learn something about what can be alive or not.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, the Foldscopes are a great product. I was also very surprised by how well our group's corn grew. I was not expecting it to grow. Great blog post Lauren!
ReplyDeleteI was never sure if the popcorn kernel would grow or not.
ReplyDeleteThese projects were both very fun super fun. Our school is really to test the fold scopes. Your blog was very interesting Lauren!
ReplyDeleteThe Fold-scopes are awesome. I can't wait to use them again. Good Blog!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Lauren. I also enjoyed using the application of Mr. Manu Prakash's technology in our own class. I was one of the people who helped in the development of using them/ getting them ready for use in our classroom. I had a blast! Another thing that was cool was growing the popcorn seed, who could guess that a factory processed corn seed could still be alive. I feel that you captured you blog with great detail. Great job!
ReplyDeleteUsing the fold-scopes were so much fun! Great job, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteI think last week in scieince was very very fun!
ReplyDeleteThe fold-scopes were so much fun! I am really happy that the professor got to send us the fold-scopes personally. Great job on your blog Lauren!
ReplyDeleteThe fold scopes were amazing to me that it was a microscope! You did a amazing with this blog!
ReplyDeleteGreat job and you explained the fold scopes well. The corn seed part was really good too and with all the stuff from the fold scopes in there really help whoever hasn't heard about and wants to know what it is.
ReplyDeleteThat was really cool to see my plant progress in it's growing process
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