Syllabus 2011

Under compilation

Syllabus 2010

All meetinga at Chacewater Village Hall, unless otherwise stated.
All meetings start at 1-30 p.m. except Council days when 2 p.m. start.     

January   No Meeting in January.

February 6th. 

Members' Day an abstraction of Members'  Work and studies over the last year.

February 27th.

Label making & various techniques, auction of certain items.

March 20th.

Forensic Geoscience.

April 17th.

Immersion Techniques.

May 15th.

 Presentation to Fox Club, Allet

June 19th.

Field Meeting at Marazion Marsh

July 11th. Sunday

Annual Exhibition, all day, Penair School, Truro. By special invitation of Cornish Radio Amateur Club.  Open to the public at 10a.m.

August 21st.

Micro-fungi. Get your samples ready in good time. See Datasheet No.12

September 18th.  Field meeting at Millpool

Meet at Colenso Cross (5591,3054) at10-30 a.m. Moving on, so don't be late. Back to Phil's place for laboratory at 2 p.m.

October 16th.

Ray's Specimens and John's Diatoms.

November 20th.

Slide Identification & Swap Club

December 18th.  Annual General Meeting & Seasonal Beano.

Syllabus 2009     

All meetinga at Chacewater Village Hall, unless otherwise stated.

All meetings start at 1-30 p.m. except Council days when 2 p.m. start.     

January 17th.

Members' Day: an abstraction of Members'  Work and studies over the last year

February 21st.

Introduction to Mineralogy     Speaker: Mrs.J.Coles

March 21st.

Sale of goods

April 18th.

Infinite Magnification              Speaker: P.Terry Esq.

May 16th.

Presentation to Fox Club, Allet

June 20th.

Field Meeting, Carleon Cove    Leader: P.Terry Esq.

July 12th., Sunday

Annual Exhibition, all day, Penair School, Truro. By special invitation of Cornish Radio Amateur Club.  Open to the public at 10a.m.

August 22nd.

Some Easy Subjects: rapid preparation of permanent slides using Euparal.

September 19th.

Field meeting at Helston ponds and Penrose. Meet at the end of the car park, oposite the lake in Helston, 10-30 a.m. Navigation Sheet available.

October 17th.

Optical Illusions: Is seeing believing?

November 21st.

Lionel Beale, Microscopist.     Speaker: J.Beale Esq.

December 19th.

Annual General Meeting

Syllabus 2008

January 12th.

Members' Day: an abstraction of Members'  Work and studies over the last year.

February 23rd.

Business Review

Cleaning Microscopes    Speaker: D.Woodward Esq.

March 15th.

Staining Sections          Speaker: Mrs. P.Woodward

April 19th.

Wing Scales &c.           Speaker:  A.James Esq.

May 24th.

Optical Allignment         Speaker:  D.Woodward Esq.

June 14th.

Summer Fete                   Cornwall Trust for Nature Conservation

June 21st.

Presentation to Fox Club

July 6th.

Annual Exhibition at Penair School

August 16th.

Slide Finishing                    Speaker:  P.Terry Esq.

September 20th. (date to be confirmed)

Field Meeting at Goonhilly

October 18th.

Building a Video Microscope for less than £10   Speaker:  P.Terry Esq.

November 15th.

The Orgueil Meteorite & Extra-terrestrial Life.

December 13th.

Annual General Meeting

Syllabus 2007

January 13th.

Members' Day: an abstraction of Members'  Work and studies over the last year.

February 24th.

Trevor's Slides. Bring your own microscope to view.

March 27th.

Pigments.             Speaker: Miss Heidi Killick

Knife Sharpening.  Speaker: Mrs. Pat Woodward.  Bring your microtome blades.

April 21st.

The Hæmocytometer.   How to count.

May 19th.

Presentation to Fox Club.  11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Allet

June 2nd.

Extra meeting: Demonstration at Carrick District Council's Open day,

11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fox Rosehill Gardens, Falmouth

June 16th.

Using the Microtome.   Speaker: Mrs. Pat Woodward

July 8th., Sunday

Annual Exhibition,  all day, Penair School, Truro. By special invitation of Cornish Radio Amateur Club

August 18th.

Diatom Preparation 1.     Speaker: Mr. P.Terry

September 15th.

Diatom Preparation 2.     Speaker: Mr. P.Terry

September 22nd.

Field Meeting at Trebah. 2 p.m. The search for Foraminifera.

October 20th.

Blood.  No Vampires admitted.

November 17th.

Luminescence. Experiments with Ultra Violet, & a little chemistry

December 15th.

Annual General Meeting

Syllabus 2006

January 21st.

Members' Day: an abstraction of Members' Work and studies over the last year.

February 18th.

Diatoms of St.Ives. Speaker: J.Berryman Esq.

March 18th.

Laboratory session.  Perhaps some special subjects.

April 18th.

Presentation to Fox Club. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cornwall Trust for Nature Conservation, Allet.

May 12~14th.

Cancelled.

June 17th.

Use of the Microscope.  Tutorial: joint meeting with Cornwall Trust for Nature Conservation.

July 19th. Sunday

Annual Exhibition. All day at Penair School, Truro.  By special invitation of Cornish Radio Amateur Club

August 19th.

Demonstration at Porth Curnow. Details to follow.

September 16th.

Field Meeting at Penzance Sub-Aqua Club.

11 a.m. at Penzance for those wishing to sample the rock pools for Ceramium rubrum.  2 p.m. at the Club House for laboratory.

October 21st.

The Artist & the Microscope.   Trebah Garden.

November 18th.

Video Day.  Bring kit, demos, specimens, questions &c.

December 16th.

Annual General Meeting.