BIOLOGY – All about…. Living things Plants Animals Fungi Unicells Bacteria Viruses?

Plants Ferns are very old and interesting… they have sex in a weird way Look at the underside of a leaf: Take a look at some spores under the microscope – shine some light on it. What’s going on? Spores

Animals Periwinkles are little molluscs that live in tidal areas. They hang around like this when the tide (sea water) is out, and feed when it’s in. But will they get tricked into coming out to feed if their rock pool fills up with fresh water (if it rains)?

Cells All living things are made of cells. We can see some by looking in the microscope… NOT THIS YEAR, maybe another time

Human cells Make a slide by taking a scraping from the inside of your cheek and wiping it on the slide. Add a single drop of methylene blue. Put a cover slip on over it.

Plant cells Make a slide by tearing a leaf and cutting off a transparent (see-through) bit and put it on a slide. Add a single drop of methylene blue. Put a cover slip on over it.

Leaf cross section Look at the pre-prepared slide of the leaf cross section.