[Histonet] histology for kids

[McNabola, Angela]

I recently taught at my daughter's first grade.  I focused less on the histology, and more on the mircroscope, cells etc.  I did bring in some prepared slides and talked a little about how I got to that point on an elementary level.

I then let them make their own wet mount slide of choice to look at under the scope.  The teacher had them draw what they saw in a "journal" I had prepared for them.. Basically a few sheets of paper.

Their choice of slide was :
-a swab of their cheek that we stained with c violet
-yougurt
-small piece of celery
-dust "bunnies" from under my daughter's bed
-dog hair
-lint from the dryer

It was a great hit.  If you google microscope and kids, the options are endless.

Hope that this helps........

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Boozer
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:47 AM
To: Histonet; Kim Merriam; Rene J Buesa
Subject: Re: [Histonet] histology for kids


Maybe you could use a sponge (representing tissue) soaked in water and demonstrate cutting (ragged) vs. a sponge soaked in wax and cooled (precise cutting) explaining the water is taken out of the cells and replaced with wax.

>>> Rene J Buesa <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com> 07/22/2009 07:15 >>>
Try saffron, in reality it is an acceptable stain for "regular grown-up histology" as well. René J.

--- On Wed, 7/22/09, Kim Merriam <kmerriam2003 <@t> yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Kim Merriam <kmerriam2003 <@t> yahoo.com>
Subject: [Histonet] histology for kids
To: "Histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 9:57 AM


Hello All,

My company is hosting an in-house science awareness day for local grade-school students.  I would love to teach them about histology, but all of the demonstrations need to be done in our conference room (thus, nothing hazardous).  Does anyone know of any house-hold dyes (grape juice, food coloring, beet juice, etc) that would stain tissue elements on slides?  I would like to bring down some deparaffinized tissues and stain them with something and throw a coverslip on (water-mounted) so that they can look at the tissue with a microscope.  I will also bring some already prepared slides (wtih real stains) for them to look at.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kim


Kim Merriam, MA, HT(ASCP)QIHC
Cambridge, MA



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