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LAS Science 7 MELC 1 Q2 Week1
LAS Science 7 MELC 1 Q2 Week1
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The Science Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the leaching-learning
activities specified in each Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC) with
minimal or no face-to-face encounter between you and learner. This will be made
available to the learners with the references/links to ease the independent learning.
The Science Activity Sheet is developed to help you continue learning even
if you are not in school. This learning material provides you with meaningful and
engaging activities for independent learning. Being an active learner, carefully read
and understand the instructions then perform the activities and answer the
assessments. This will be returned to your facilitator on the agreed schedule.
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Name of Learner: ____________________________________________________
Grade and Section: _______________________________Date: _______________
The microscope is a tool, which will help you see tiny living organisms and
objects that cannot be seen by the naked eye by making them look bigger. This
property of the microscope is called its magnifying power or magnification. The
microscope also has the capacity to distinguish small gaps between two separate
points, which humans cannot identify. It is called its resolving power or resolution.
The compound microscope uses diluted light from the sun or artificial light to
illuminate the object to be observed. From its source, the visible light passes through
the small or thin specimen to be observed through the glass lenses. As light passes
through the lenses, it is bent so the specimen appears bigger when it is projected to
the eye. The form and structure of the specimen can then be viewed and seen
because some of their parts reflect light.
Figure 1 below shows the image of the onion skin under the Low Power
Objective (LPO) and High Power Objective (HPO). The use of stains in studying the
onion cells has made cell parts easier to find, observe and identify. Thus, it gives
clear image of the specimen viewed under the microscope.
Figure 1: Image of onion skin under the LPO (left) and HPO (right)
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IV. Activity Proper
Directions: Study the steps in using and proper handling of the compound
microscope, how to make a wet mount, and how to observe specimens in the
succeeding pages of this learning activity sheets and answer the guide questions.
Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
Here are the proper steps to follow in using and proper handling of the compound
microscope, how to make a wet mount and how to observe specimens.
Step 1
After getting the microscope from the box, it should be handled properly by
grasping the curved arm with one hand and supporting the base with the other
hand.
1.a 1.b
The microscope can be It can also be handled by
handled by grasping the arm grasping the arm using the left
using the right with the left hand with the right hand below
hand below the base. the base.
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Step 2
10cm
Step 3
The third step in handling the micros
cope is to wipe it with the tissue
paper or an old t-shirt.
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B. Steps on How to Make a Wet Mount
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preparation, a small letter “e” is
being cut from an old newspaper.
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glass slide facing upwards.
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Step A medicine dropper is used to add a drop of water to the
specimen as a mounting medium to make the image of
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touching the edge of the water on the glass
slide.
Glass Slide
Step
After positioning the cover slip at 450, the other edge of the cover
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Step
The eraser-end of the pencil can be used to gently tap the cover
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slip to remove or minimize trapped bubbles. These bubbles are
moved toward the edge of the cover slip.
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Step 1
In observing the specimen, the glass slide is placed on the stage making sure
that the letter “e” is at the center of the hole on the stage and under the
scanner. The glass slide must be held firmly by the stage clips. It is important to
always start with the scanner objective before moving to the LPO.
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Step 2
The body tube must be carefully lowered until the end of the LPO will almost
touch the cover slip without tilting the microscope.
Step 3
While looking through the eyepiece, the coarse adjustment knob is slowly
turned upward to raise the objective until the letter “e” appears. This step is
continuously done until the letter “e” can be seen clearly. This indicates that
the specimen have already been focused.
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Step 5
While looking through the eyepiece, the fine adjustment knob is turned until the
clearest image is seen. Note: There’s a need to raise the objective a little
and look to the side of the microscope while changing objectives.
V. Reflection
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VI. Key Answer
Guide Questions
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