Water bears (tardigrades or moss piglets) are very resilient little creatures. These animals can survive cold and hot and also drying out. Here I am drying a Tardigrade and then wake it up again by adding some water. How to Read More …
🔬 155 – Will this WATER BEAR survive drying? | Amateur Microscopy
🔬 154 – TARDIGRADES under the microscope and how to find them | Amateur Microscopy
Tardigrades (Water Bears or Moss Piglets) can be found by rinsing them out from moss and observing them under the microscope. Keep the moss moist so that they have time to develop. Tardigrades are microscopic animals. They are very resilient Read More …
🔬 152 – These are not SPIDERS!
Trichomes are hair of a plant. These outgrowths have a variety of functions, such as protection from insects or heat. In this video I show you trichomes of a plant using different imaging techniques.
🔬 Staining tutorial: staining starch with iodine | Amateur Microscopy
Adding Lugol’s solution (iodine and potassium iodide) to starch will stain it dark purple. This reaction can also be observed under the microscope, when adding iodine to a banana and to potatos. The starch grains will turn black even before Read More …
🔬 152 – Where are the microbes here? | Amateur Microscopy
Microorganisms can be found in the most unusual of places – like in this chess board! But where are they?
🔬 151 – How to catch WASPS and put them under the microscope | Amateur Microscopy
Wasp Attack! Wasps were starting to build a nest right on my balcony. Before removing the wasps, I decided to take one and put it under the stereo microscope to see the stinger. In order to do this, I had Read More …
🔬 149 – Why infants should NOT eat honey
Infants up to the age of about one year should not eat honey, as it can make them really sick. It can cause a disease called infant botulism, which is caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. This bacterium produces a Read More …
🔬 148 – Comparing a TOY Microscope with a “REAL” Microscope
How good are toy microscopes? Comparing different microscopes to each other. I collect a pond water sample and put it under three different microscopes.
🔬 147 – Making a POND SCUM :-) microscope slide | Amateur Microscopy
There are thousands of microorganisms living in pond scum. It’s always worth to have a look. In this amateur biology video I am preparing two temporarily mounted microscope slides of algae that I collected.
🔬 146 – Making the NUCLEUS of an ONION CELL visible | Amateur Microscopy
In this simple and fun science experiment, I show you how to stain the nuclei of onion cells so that you can observe them under the microscope. You need alcohol (to remove the water from the cells), ink and water Read More …