POTATO STARCH made visible for microscopy (long video) 🔬 230

In this longer and more detailed video, I show you how to prepare potato starch grains for microscopy. I will take my time to do this! Visit my new channel where I make more of these videos: The Pipette I used (affiliate link): Chapters: [0:55] Materials used [1:58] Technique: Starch-Iodine reaction demonstration [3:20] Technique: Extracting starch grains [5:24] Microscopy: Raw Potato starch grains [6:15] Technique: Staining starch grains [7:58] Microscopy: Stained potato starch grains [10:01] Technique: DIY polarization [11:38] Technique: Microtoming [17:27] Microscopy: Stained potato sections [21:14] Microscopy: Commercial slide of a potato [22:16] Technique: Mixing raw starch grains with amylase [24:13] Microscopy: Raw starch grains with amylase [26:14] Technique: Squash preparation of a boiled potato [27:54] Microscopy: Boiled potato [29:24] Technique: Boiling starch grains on a slide [35:11] Technique: Slide preparation o