1. Lab: Cells

2. What will we be looking at under a microscope in this lab?
Bacteria Cells
Plant Cells
Animal Cells

3. Specimen Whatever you want to look at under a microscope. (e. g
Specimen Whatever you want to look at under a microscope. (e.g. hair, blood, cells, insects, etc.)

4. Preparing Microscope Slides: 1. Grab a clean glass slide. 2
Preparing Microscope Slides: 1. Grab a clean glass slide Place specimen on middle of slide. 3. Put one drop Iodine (Blue Dye) on top of specimen Cover specimen with a cover slip.
Iodine
Specimen

5. Cover Slip Purpose of a cover slip is to cover the specimen and iodine so that the objective lens does not get wet.
Specimen +
Iodine

6. Microscope: Eye Piece Lens = 10 x Low Power Objective = 4x High Power Objective = 10x

7. What will you be viewing?
Cells
Specimen
Animal
Human Cheek Cells
Plant
Elodea
Bacteria
Strep (Causes Strep Throat)

8. Cheek Cells – Low Power

9. Cheek Cells – High Power

10. Purpose of Iodine: Outlines the big parts of the cell such as the Nucleus and Plasma membrane.

11. Elodea Cell – Low Power

12. Elodea Cell – High Power Label nucleus and chloroplasts on drawing!

13. Bacteria – High Power