Today we broke out the microscope and began looking at slides of all kinds of parts: frog tongues, cricket legs, insect wings and grasshopper legs! We then started to get creative by looking at our own hair, skin cells, flower petals, saliva and a fish scale from our fish caught in the Chesapeake! Wow ~ it's so amazing seeing the detail underneath a microscope. We learned the parts of a microscope (ours was one borrowed from a friend; a old unit with a mirror as the light source). Thanks Steffan for loaning it to us...what a precious item to own!
We watched a video on this website:
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/cells_tissues_organs/cell_history_discovery3.php
Here are some more ideas to look at under the microscope:
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/article.php?id=480
The kids drew the microscope:
Tomorrow we will label a diagram to see what we learned.
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Just dropped in to visit you blog and say hello! I don't have time to peruse the archives tonight, but I will. I have so enjoyed getting to know you through our 'cheering section' visits. I'll see you Monday, Lord willing! Go Orange!
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