Captain:#4 Janelle Adame Recorder: #3 Jacob Arenas 

 
Facilitator#1​Aidan Limon​ ​ ​Resource: #2 Charlotte Herrera 

Virtual Microscope Worksheet

http://www.ncbionetwork.org/iet/microscope/

PART TWO
Go to the “EXPLORE” tab to view slides. You will need to use the coarse and fine focus
and adjust the light to get clear views of the following. The slide can also be moved
within the viewing field.

1. Sample Slides - ​Letter E

Insert a ScreenShot of the Slide Titled Letter E at Low, Medium, and High
Magnification.
(You may need to adjust the light and recenter the slide at each
magnification).

4X Magnification:

10X Magnification:
40X Magnification:

2. Plant Cells - ​Onion Root Cell

a. Include a screenshot of the cells at 40x Magnification.

b. Plant cells can be identified by their boxy appearance, where lines

represent cell walls. Within the cell are green circles which are
chloroplasts and a dark gray area which represents the nucleus.

At 40x, how many individual cells can be seen in the viewing field?
I counted 23 individual cells.

3. Animal Cells - ​Spider Leg

a. Include a screenshot of the cells at 40x Magnification.
 b. Record two differences you observe between the Spider Leg (Animal
Cell) and Onion Root (Plant Cell).
Difference One: I can see that the spider leg does not have little brick like shapes
because it does not have a cell wall.

Difference Two: I can see that for the onion cell we are looking straight at the cell, but
for the spider leg I can see we are looking at the skin.

4. Select your own cell

a. Record what cell you are looking at?
Cell Name: Compact bone

b. Include a screenshot of your cell at 40x Magnification.

 c. As a scientist, what are two observations of your cell that you can
use to distinguish and identify your cell. (Ie. Color, Shape, Size, etc.)
Observation One: I can see that the color is white so I can tell it’s a bone.

Observation Two: It looks very hard.