Rules of Scientific Diagrams How to Draw Microscopic Images
Rules of Scientific Diagrams Each diagram MUST include: Title Magnification Date Detail Labels Each diagram MUST: Be drawn on a blank paper Be drawn in pencil Be at least 10 cm in diameter Be professional (e.g. lines drawn with rulers)
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What is this??? putting green? donut? cell? key? landscape? bottle opener? egg?
IMPORTANT NOTE Diagrams must be very descriptive and require many components in order to be properly understood
Diagram Components Title Magnification Date Labels Detail
Diagrams need a….. title The title needs to tell the viewer what the diagram is supposed to be representing
Diagrams need a….. magnification The magnification tells the viewer how many times the object has been “blown up” in size Will be either 40x, 100x, or 400x in this unit
Diagrams need a….. date The date tells the viewer what day the diagram was drawn on
Diagrams need….. labels The diagram requires labels to tell the viewer what each part of the diagram is
Diagrams need.…. detail The diagram needs to be detailed enough to show contours and textures between different parts Do NOT use colour (pencil crayons) when drawing biological drawings
Professional Guidelines Blank paper Drawn in pencil Neat and professional Use Petri Dish or compasses to draw your field of view I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY DIAGRAM THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES
November 17, 2011 A Egg Frying Egg white Egg yolk 1 x
How would you draw the following image? These are human red blood cells that were viewed at a magnification of one thousand from their actual size. They were observed on November 17, 2014.
Assignment Use a microscope to locate a few cells of the Elodea leaf (prepared slide) Using the guidelines for drawing scientific diagrams, make a diagram of what you see in the microscope Label the following: Cell wall (the outer part of the cell) Chloroplasts (the little green things in the cell) Cytoplasm (the blank space in the cell) DUE: