Air Pollution and Human Health
Pollen grains (40x) Volcanic dust (8400x, insert 24,800x) Sulphuric acid droplet (62,800x) Quartz sand (210x) Fly ash and soot (210x) Blackened white house walls (210x) Blackened lungs (65x) Asbestos (210x)
Air Pollution and Plant Health
Pore in leaf epidermis (430x) Air spaces inside leaf (480x) Salt particles from the air (8400x) Sulphuric acid droplets (18,000x) Fly ash (200x) Dust layer on pine leaf (60x) Healthy pine needle (40x) Fluoride damaged pine needle (40x)
Ecology under the Microscope
Algae/Diatom (200x)/Pediastrum (200x) Protozoa/Blepharisma (200x)/Suctorian (200x) Starfish embryos (200x) Arthropods Cyclops (10x) Nematodes (40x) Virus on E. coli (60,000x) Fungi (200x) Bacteria (400x)
Evolution under the Microscope
Euglena (400x)/ Peranema (200x) The simple colony- Pandorina (200x) The simple body cavity- Eudorina (200x) The simplest differentiation- Pleodorina (200x) A dead end - Volvox (150x) The simple tube - Hydra (100x) The head forms - Planaria (3x) The tube-in-a-tube - Annelid worm (40x)
Life in the Soil
Algae (400x) Bacteria (2000x) Tardigrade (300x) Nematode (400x) Nematodes on tomato root (200x) Predaceous Fungi (300x & 1000x) Springtail (34x) Mite (114x)
Symbiosis
Trypanasomes in rat blood (1500x) Soybean root nodules (100x) Nematode on tomato root (200x) Green Paramecium (200x) Rust on Willow leaf (200x) Lichen (200x) Fungus on fish (5x) Virus on bacteria in human (45,000x)
Adaptation
Scales- guppy (40x)/Dogfish (100x) More scales- Lizard (10x)/Bird (20x) Frog skin (160x) Flight feathers (32x) Down feathers (20x) Raccoon fur (40x) Human skin (100x)/surface (10x) Fingernails (4x)/Claws (10x)