Homemade Well Slides
After playing around with the well slides from the Tasco well slide kit, I began to wonder if I could create my own.
I tried model clay, making a thin loop, placing it on a regular microscope slide and then laying the cover slip on it. This does work and works well. And is very inexpensive.
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| Nylon Washer |
As can be seen in the pictures above I tried metal washers and nylon washers. For the nylon washer I used clear nail polish to glue it to the slide. These also work. These well slides are good for making hanging drop slides.
Now I have 3d printed my wells and I was able to print different shapes and sizes. Then mounting them again with clear nail polish. With this I found them to be water proof. This allows me to create many different environments to experiment with. For example adding wires to see how electricity affects the environment. Creating mazes to see if micro-organisms will follow them to food sources or retreat from certain chemicals, etc. These can be seen in the photos below.
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| Well Mounted on Slide With Clear Nail Polish |
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| Different Shape and Sizes |
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| Maze Slides and Electrified Slide |
As you can see by creating your own wells you can do many different experiments.
