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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students use a microscope and observation skills to compare and contrast several physical properties and develop a classification system. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students looks at germs through a microscope and identify two that can make us sick. They compare their mouth before and after they brush their teeth and practice proper hand washing techniques. They study the impact of Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students use microscopes to study live fish embryos and animated diagrams of cell division on the Internet. They see that scientists rely on technology to enhance the gathering and manipulation of data. They create web pages on cloning. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students demonstrate their ability to properly make observations using a compound microscope. They prepare an onion skin slide and focus on it in both low and high power. Then they measure the diameter of one of the cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students will practice using a microscope by examining four different types of paper (black and white photos on newsprint and magazine and color photos on newsprint and magazine). All pictures are actually made up of a series of dots: black dots on white paper to make up the black and white pictures and red, blue, and yellow dots to make up the color pictures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students utilize microscopes to observe, compare, measure and count in a lab experiment. They incorporate their lab experiment as a bridge between the introduction to living things--cells, plants and photosynthesis. The scientific process is analyzed through an experiment with a leaf. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify magnification by first using a magnifying glass and then with photos taken through a microscope. They complete a handout that leads them through each activity stated. Finally, students use their microscope to view a cork cell under low power and analyze what it looks like. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the world of the very small using a Flash plug-in Virtual Electron Microscope. They complete and discuss an activity in which unknown samples are placed under the computer simulated microscope to determine where the cells came from. Hints for cell types and a self checking system make this seem like a game. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify under a microscope several different genera of protists. They discuss the three different categories of protists. Students discuss characteristics of the protists that they have already been taught. They view and sketch each protist slide, rotating every 4 minutes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students identify the organelles of plant and animal cells. They use microscopes to explore plant and animals cells. Students prepare a slide of an onion. They draw what they see under each magnification. Students prepare a slide of a cheek cell. Full Review »
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