How to Prepare Slides for Microscope?

You have seen the pictures of the beautiful slides of the flowers and other animals but have you ever thought about how to prepare these slides.

Slides are used to view tiny objects under the microscope. These slides will help you to view objects like plants, animals, and bacteria. You will see the cells and you can use them as study material.

But the major problem is that most of us have never prepared slides before, but it is really important because it will show your ability to study and understand the object under the microscope.

If you have been studying the slides of animals then you will notice that there is a difference in the quality of the slides. The slide which you will buy from the market will be of poor quality, but if you prepare slides yourself then you will have better quality.

Here are some tips that will help you to prepare slides.

Steps to prepare microscopic slides:

1. Collect specimens

Collect specimens of your interest from the wild. This will give you a chance to know about your object under the microscope.

2. Wash the specimen

After collecting specimens, wash them in distilled water. You need to remove the dust and dirt from the specimen.

3. Fix the specimens

Fixing the specimens is very important to make the objects visible under the microscope. So, when you collect the specimens you need to place it in the fixation liquid.

4. Staining the specimens

After fixing, you need to stain the slides. Staining is a process where you need to add a certain color to the slides. There are a number of staining solutions that you can use.

5. Make the coverslip

You need to make a coverslip the size of the slide you are going to use. This is the only slide that will keep your specimen intact.

6. Make the slides

After making the coverslip you need to make the slides. After making the slides you need to make sure that you put the cover slip properly.

7. Store the slides

After making the slides you can store them in an airtight container for later use.

These are some steps that will help you to prepare slides for the microscope. It is one of the most important tools in the medical field.