1. Introduction to the Microscope
Investigation 2

2. Target Investigation 2
2. I can draw and describe observations made with a microscope, showing that a single-celled organism contains parts used for all life functions.

3. Microscope Care and Use
Results from our investigation with the 5 unknown substances indicated that 3 of them were living – they were all organisms. Two of the organisms were so small that it was difficult to see them. In order to take a closer look at the organisms a specialized tool is needed – the microscope.

4. Video – How to Use a Microscope

5. Microscope Images Letter e on stage
Slide
Coverslip

6. Letter e Under Microscopes
100 X
40 X

7. Color Photograph

8. Feather

9. Reading Investigation 2
The Lowly Paramecium – pages 24-26

10. Focal Plane Online Login to your Chromebook Go to Foss Web
Click on Class Login
Class Username: EisenhowerD101
Class Password: Patriots2014
Click on the Diversity of Life Book
Click on the Virtual Microscope
Choose Focal Plane

11. Microscope Online

12. Field of View & Magnification

13. 40X

14. 40X
*Sketch by Belle Banks

15. 100X
*Sketch by Belle Banks

16. 400X
*Sketch by Belle Banks

17. Parts of the Microscope Matching Activity

18. Microscope Practice

19. Characteristics of Living Things
Needs of Living Things
Functions of Living Things
Need energy
Grow
Need water
Move
Need to eliminate waste
Reproduce
Need to exchange gases
Respond to the environment
Living things are made of cells and have DNA

20. Wet Mount Slide

21. Brine Shrimp Alive