Microscopes: more than meets the eye

Sunday 31st May 2015

As part of the Club’s microscopy outreach programme, Alan Kime, Dennis Fullwood, Lewis Woolnough, Pam Hamer and Paul Smith ran three sessions in the Angela Marmont Centre for Members of the Natural History Museum. One session in the morning was for adults, followed by 2 sessions in the afternoon for families. Participants were shown how to use stereomicroscopes and compound microscopes, using a variety of interesting specimens, and were then taught to make dry mounts of microfossils. The microscopes were provided by the Club, the Museum and Dennis Fullwood.

Lewis Woolnough with a lady participantLewis Woolnough with a lady participant

Lewis Woolnough and the first family sessionLewis Woolnough and the first family session

Dennis Fullwood with a young lady participantDennis Fullwood with a young lady participant

Dennis Fullwood with participating familiesDennis Fullwood with participating families

Paul Smith with a boy participantPaul Smith with a boy participant

Lewis Woolnough with a boy participantLewis Woolnough with a boy participant

Dennis Fullwood with a family of participantsDennis Fullwood with a family of participants

Lewis Woolnough with the second family sessionLewis Woolnough with the second family session

Mother and son participantsMother and son participants

Dennis Fullwood with boy and girl participantsDennis Fullwood with boy and girl participants

Paul Smith with girl participantsPaul Smith with girl participants

Two boy participants with their motherTwo boy participants with their mother

Mother and son participantsMother and son participants

We hope to see some of the families again in the Natural History Museum for Young Scientists’ Day on Saturday 27th June 2015.

Photographs by Dennis Fullwood (or with his camera)

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