You are invited to a workshop to introduce our members to the compound microscope. We hope to have ten microscopes, supplies, dried and fresh material to examine, and a number of our experienced microscopists to help the students along.
Very often the prospect of taking up a new technical challenge can be daunting. The purpose of this workshop is to get the prospective microscopist over the proverbial hump.
The workshop will be held at Pier 57 off 12th Avenue in Chelsea at 15th Street, the pier just north of the new Little Island. We will be in the Seahorse classroom.
The class will feature a short introduction to optics and the mechanical workings of the microscope. We will then move on to the preparation of specimens for examination, moving through slime molds, agarics, a few ascomycetes, and some polypores.
If you have your own microscope that you can bring to the workshop, or have any questions please contact Paul: pabloski1@verizon.net
Under the terms of our contract with Pier 57, there will be no admission fee.
