8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Introductions, microscope care and maintenance, low power slide preparation, judging floc structure, higher life form organisms.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Low power hands on microscopy, goal of group coming to general consensus on conditions of various samples, reverse India ink staining.

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Gram and Neisser Staining, Introduction to Filamentous Bacteria Identification, Slide Preparation at high power, Group work on projector covering upcoming hands-on portion.

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Hands-on High-Power Microscopy. Filament identification of known filament types in various samples.

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Break

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Full microscopic evaluations for various unknown samples/ compare classroom notes.