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Microscope Log

Activity 1.1A "Letter E Lab"
January 22, 2015

What did we do?
We looked at a letter "e" under a microscope.

Why did we do it?
We saw that the letter flipped and appeared backwards. We practiced looking at objects with different objectives.
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Microscope Packet: "Feather Study"
January 26, 2015

What did we do? 
We looked at the top part of a feather with a microscope.

Why did we do it?   
We wanted to see more details.


Microscope Packet: Salt and Sugar
January 27, 2015
 
What did we do?   
We looked at sugar and salt under a microscope to see the difference. Sugar has larger crystals that are not all the same, although to the  naked eye they appear the same.  The salt crystals are smaller and more compact.

Why did we do it? 
To show they are different.
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Sugar Crystals at 200x
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Salt Crystals at 200x

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Microscope Packet: Human Hair
January 28, 2015

What did we do? 
We looked at human hair. The blond hair looks almost translucent and the darker hair looks like a rusty string.

Why did we do it? 

To see how each strand is different.

Microscope Packet: Looking at Clothing
January 28, 2015

What did we do? 
We looked at different fabrics. Mr. Bingaman's shirt is on the left. A student's t-shirt is on the right.

Why did we do it? 
You can see how the threads are tied differently in woven fabric versus knit fabric.

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Woven Fabric
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Knitted Fabric

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Activity 1.1 What am I made out of?
February 4, 2015

What did we do? 
We took a piece of tape and put it on an elbow and removed it. After adding blue dye we made a slide and observed it under the proscope.  We saw blue speckles. These are skin cells. There are thousands of these. 



Why did we do it? 
We did this to show that we are made of cells. How many different kinds of cells are there?
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Skin cells at 200 x on the Proscope
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Skin cells at 400x in standard microscope.

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Activity 1.1 What am I made out of?
February 5, 2015

What did we do? 
We scraped the inside of our cheek with toothpick to get cheek cells. With the ProScope we saw little blue speckles with darker speckles mixed in. In the microscope photo they were bigger and more detailed. The shapes were all different, almost like watercolor paint.


PictureCheek cells at 400x in standard microscope
Why did we do it? 
We wanted to see if there was difference between skin cells outside our body and cheek cells inside our body.

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Activity 2.1 Are There Cells in my Yogurt?
February 10, 2015
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What did we do?
We looked at a yogurt water mix under a microscope. We discovered single cell bacteria that was moving.

Why did we do it?
We did this to see that bacteria is all around us and in us.
Activity 2.3 Are There Cells in Pond Water?
February 12, 2015
What did we do?
We looked at euglena. It looks like a worm swimming. There is green inside the euglena. That's chloroplast.

Why did we do it?
To see what a small cell organism looks like. This could be in pond water.

Activity 5.2 How does water get into the cell?
February 26, 2015


What did we do?
We peeled a layer of red onion skin and looked at it under a microscope. The cells were filled with water. Then we added salt water and observed the cells had shriveled

Why did we do it?
We were learning about osmosis. Water can pass in and out of the cell.

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Activity 5.4 What do yeast do with Sugar?
March 5, 2015


What did we do?


Why did we do it?

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Test tube #1 has only water and yeast.
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Test tube #2 contained sugar, water and yeast.
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