{"id":57,"date":"2019-11-13T03:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:19:51","slug":"mobile-microscopy-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/programs\/mobile-microscopy-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Microscopy Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blyth Institute previously engaged in many microscopy education activities, including a mobile microscopy lab and a microscope leasing program.  These have been largely discontinued, but this page is maintained for archive and history purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mobile Microscopy Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blyth Institute&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Mobile Microscopy Lab<\/em>\u00a0was an educational experience that comes to you! \u00a0The microscopy lab served central and northeastern Oklahoma, exhibiting at maker fairs, homeschool conventions, and individual science classes.  It featured over a dozen different microscopes of various kinds, slide-making equipment, staining equipment and chemicals, and other microscope tools.  Blyth Institute staff would instruct students on proper techniques of both slide preparation and microscope usage.  The equipment even included a photomicroscope to allow students to take pictures and video of their favorite specimens. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See below a video of our microscopy lab in action!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tulsa Homeschool Expo Microscopy Lab 2016\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qt2kEdyGsec?list=PL8ftIIJ7ANZhtnPsaWMlrO9BrEI6QGyTD\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microscope Lease Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blyth Institute supplied low-cost microscopes for local science classrooms from 2016 until 2025, including everything from basic student microscopes to more advanced laboratory-grade microscopes.  These microscopes were primarily utilized by homeschool co-op programs in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas.  Upon closure of the program, the microscopes were donated to local charter schools and homeschool co-op programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blyth Institute previously engaged in many microscopy education activities, including a mobile microscopy lab and a microscope leasing program. These have been largely discontinued, but this page is maintained for archive and history purposes. Mobile Microscopy Lab The Blyth Institute&#8217;s\u00a0Mobile Microscopy Lab\u00a0was an educational experience that comes to you! \u00a0The microscopy lab served central&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/programs\/mobile-microscopy-lab\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1755"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythinstitute.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}