Somerville House Middle School Science On-line: Year Seven

Cells and Microscopes V

Looking at microscopic life I.

• Set up the microscopes if necessary.
• Your teacher will show you how to make onion skin slides, and also how to make transverse cuttings of a leaf stalk and place these on slides.
• Your teacher will also show you how to stain your slide using a variety of stains.
• Record what you see by
  • Drawing on sheets of paper,
  • using your mouse and Paint
  • capturing the image from the teacher microscope.

• Reflect in your on-line journal about what you have learned today.