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Do let us know what you decide upon and how it goes with the kids. I've
been following the discussion with great interest.



On 1/28/11 12:10 PM, "John Runions" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>Dear microscopists,
>
>Each year at our university Science Bazaar we demonstrate our imaging
>'prowess' and equipment to the community at large (adults and kids).  This
>event is always well received and the biggest attraction of all is usually
>the dissecting microscopes because we let the kids look at their
>disgusting
>fingernails and they like that.  SEMs work well because we can show head
>lice and rats tongue and... well you are probably starting to see a theme.
>
>The problem is giving a really good demo with the confocal microscopes -
>we
>show GFP labelled organelles moving around inside living cells and demos
>of
>3D reconstruction but this doesn't really seem to capture the kids
>imaginations.
>
>Does anybody have a favorite organism or staining technique that is simple
>and effective as a demo in a situation where lots of people are moving
>through fairly quickly.
>
>I appreciate your suggestions.
>
>John
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