Preparation

Please bring the following office supplies for the workshop:

✅ Scissors ✂️
✅ Clear Tape or Paper Tape
✅ Thin Marker Pen, Waterproof (for marking Petri Dishes) ✏️

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Please prepare the following things BEFORE the workshop:

Microscopy

MAKE THE FOLDSCOPE

• Follow the instruction video and the manual to fold the paper microscope. It will take between 20 and 30min to make the Foldscope.

DNA Extraction

GET STRAWBERRIES

Please get 1 strawberry. If you can not find a fresh strawberry, get frozen strawberries. 🍓 🍓 🍓

BONUS TASK

Make a Tube Stand for the Test Tubes. Use Cardboard or anything else you can imagine.

Bacteria Cultivation

COLLECT SOIL & LEAVES

Collect different kinds of soils.

• From a river
• From a pond
• From a park or garden

Use the zip-loc bags to collect different kinds of soils. Also use one bag to collect dry leaves. Please collect enough soil so that we can fill the bottle during the workshop.

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COLLECT WATER

• Collect water from pond or river Use a 500ml PET bottle to collect water.

ONE COOKED EGG

• Please prepare a cooked egg. Onsem tamago is also ok. 🥚

Please prepare the following 1 DAY BEFORE the workshop:

PREPARE PETRI DISHES

• Mix the following ingredients: 150ml Water, 2mg Agar, Sugar Stick, 2mg Chicken Stock

• Use a Cooking Pot and cook it for 2min. Stir well.

• Take 5 Petri Dishes

• Pour ca. 20ml into each Petri Dish, enough to cover the bottom of the dish.

• Let the Agar in the Petri Dishes settle, it takes ca. 1 hour.

• Once the agar is solid, turn then petri dishes around, so that the bottom of the dish is on top. This avoids condensation.

Artificial Cells

Please prepare the following 1 DAY BEFORE the workshop:

Mix 2g Sodium Alginate with 100ml Water

• Use a empty 500ml PET bottle
• Add 100ml Water
• Add 2g Sodium Alginate
• Shake and Mix well

The Sodium Alginate and Water will take time to mix properly. Let it rest overnight.

💯 🎉 Congratulations! You finished the preparations! See you at the Workshop!