Cell Hunt: can you nd whats alive?

Procedure:
1.Set up your microscope and lab station. Have the teacher check. 2. Choose a prepared slide. Remember to hold the slide properly. 3. Lower the stage. 4. Place the slide onto the stage. 5. Use the LOW POWER objective to focus. Remember to use the COARSE FOCUS and go all the way to the top before going back to where it looks best. 6. Use the FINE FOCUS, and make the image as clear as you can.

LOW POWER
nucleus cytoplasm

cell membrane

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY DARK PERFECTLY ROUND AND LOOKS LARGE, IT IS PROBABLY NOT A CELL!
7. Once you think you have located a cell, draw what you see. Remember your DRAWING tips! 8. Once you have nished drawing the cell at low power, switch to medium power and observe. ---Sketch the cell at low and high power. Label the nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane. Draw your cells to scale.

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nucleus cytoplasm

cell membrane

HINT

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The circle represents what you see through the eyepiece of the microscope. Using thin lines, divide the circle into four parts in order to organize the picture. Draw the outline of largest shape onto the paper, making it t within the correct part of the circle. Now move to the other shapes. Always work from the largest shapes down to the smallest shapes. Constantly check the slide to make sure that the shapes and scale are correct. Checking the microscope, slowly add more details to the insides of the shapes on your drawing. It is best to start with the simplest shape. As you nish these last steps of how to draw microscope slides, add any detail that you think is missing. Use pencil shadings, swirls, lines or whatever else will give your picture more accuracy.

Cell Hunt: can you nd whats alive?

Procedure:
1.Lower the stage and remove the slide. Put it back where it belongs. 2. Choose another prepared slide. Remember to hold the slide properly. 3. Lower the stage. 4. Place the slide onto the stage. 5. Use the LOW POWER objective to focus. Remember to use the COARSE FOCUS and go all the way to the top before going back to where it looks best. 6. Use the FINE FOCUS, and make the image as clear as you can.

LOW POWER
nucleus cytoplasm

cell membrane

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY DARK PERFECTLY ROUND AND LOOKS LARGE, IT IS PROBABLY NOT A CELL!
7. Once you think you have located a cell, draw what you see. Remember your DRAWING tips! 7. Once you have nished drawing the cell at low power, switch to medium power and observe. ---Sketch the cell at low and high power. Label the nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane. Draw your cells to scale.

X_ __ _ _ ME D I U M POW ER
nucleus cytoplasm

cell membrane

X_ __ _ _ RE F LE C TI ON
1. What skills were hard?

2. What skills were easy?

3. What do you need to practice the most during our next lab?