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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students have the opportunity to see cells using a microscope and to discover the differences between plant and animal cells by examining cheek cells, onion cells, and potato cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students become familiarized with use of the microscope. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students make a simple microscope, learn some of the uses for and types of microscopy, calculate magnification and estimate sizes of objects, and prepare, observe and describe plant cells using a microscope. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students measure the size of an epithelial cell and to estimate the number of epithelial cells in a given area of the body. After watching a video on cells, student groups perform an experiment using a microscope to view some of their own cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine their cheek cells with a compound microscope. They identify different parts of the cell. They compare and contrast animal and plant cells with the microscope as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are able to understand the fundamentals of microscopy. They explore the history of microscopes, their types and functions. Students explore how to use a microscpe. They are able to visualize different cells types. Students are able to understand the concept of magnification, field of view and depth of focus. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students identify plant an animal cells, as well as, describe the function of cells and structure. Students label a diagram of a microscope, a plant cell and an animal cell. Students take a virtual tour of a cell on the internet. Students create a jello cell model. They watch the growth of a cancer cell on the internet and graph the results. Students make a slide of onion and cheek cells and observe under the microscope. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 11th
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Students explore the use of microscopes and the creation of slides. They practice using, adjusting and viewing with a microscope. they view slides of familiar substances such as blood and fibers. In addition, they create slides using onions and cheek cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students enhance their skills in operating a microscope. They become comfortable with the vocabulary associated with microscopes and investigate how to place slides and focus them properly using the microscope. Students are given an Electron microscope image handout. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students create three dimensional cell models. They may choose to make either a plant or animal cell but must use a ziploc bag as the cell membrane, slime for the cytoplasm, and a strawberry baskets for the cell wall if making a plant cell. They may choose what they wish to represent all the other organelles of the cell and must include a key. Project is completed by mathematically comparing the size of the cell they created to an actual cell. Full Review »
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