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    Investigation Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment comparing plant and animal cells under a microscope. Students are instructed to prepare slides of onion skin and cheek cells stained with iodine or methylene blue, respectively, and observe the cells under scanning, low, and high powers of the microscope. They are asked to draw and label the cells, noting similarities and differences between plant and animal cells based on their observations. The document also prompts students to consider organelles that may be visible at higher magnifications and the purpose of staining cells.

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    Investigation Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment comparing plant and animal cells under a microscope. Students are instructed to prepare slides of onion skin and cheek cells stained with iodine or methylene blue, respectively, and observe the cells under scanning, low, and high powers of the microscope. They are asked to draw and label the cells, noting similarities and differences between plant and animal cells based on their observations. The document also prompts students to consider organelles that may be visible at higher magnifications and the purpose of staining cells.

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment comparing plant and animal cells under a microscope. Students are instructed to prepare slides of onion skin and cheek cells stained with iodine or methylene blue, respectively, and observe the cells under scanning, low, and high powers of the microscope. They are asked to draw and label the cells, noting similarities and differences between plant and animal cells based on their observations. The document also prompts students to consider organelles that may be visible at higher magnifications and the purpose of staining cells.

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    Investigation Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

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    This document provides instructions for a lab experiment comparing plant and animal cells under a microscope. Students are instructed to prepare slides of onion skin and cheek cells stained with iodine or methylene blue, respectively, and observe the cells under scanning, low, and high powers of the microscope. They are asked to draw and label the cells, noting similarities and differences between plant and animal cells based on their observations. The document also prompts students to consider organelles that may be visible at higher magnifications and the purpose of staining cells.

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    Investigation: Comparing Plant and Animal Cells


    Part 1: Observing Plant Cells

    1. Obtain a piece of onion and use forceps to peel the membrane from the underside of the onion. This
    will appear very thin and mostly transparent.
    2. Place the membrane flat on the slide and use your forceps to spread it out, avoid having any folds
    in the membrane.
    3. Place a drop of iodine on the membrane. (Caution: iodine will stain skin and clothes too!)
    4. Carefully place a cover slip over the specimen.

    View the microscope with scanning, low and high power objectives. You may need to review the steps of using the microscope.
    Draw your cells as they appear in the viewing field. On the 400x image, label the cell wall, nucleus, and cytoplasm.

    Part 1: Observing Animal Cells

    1. Clean the slide you created with the onion by rinsing and drying it. Throw the cover slip away.
    2. Put a drop of methylene blue or other stain on the slide.
    3.Gently scrape the inside of your cheek with the flat side of a toothpick and stir the end of the toothpick into the stain to
    create a smear.
    4. Place a coverslip onto the slide. (Cover slips are small, thin, square plastic or glass pieces).

    Draw your cells as they appear in the viewing field. On the 400x image, label the cell wall, nucleus, and cytoplasm.
    Analysis

    1. Describe two ways in which the plant and animal cells are similar based on your observations.

    2. Describe two ways in which they are different based on your observations.

    3. Consider that there are many organelles and structures of the cell that were not visible using the light microscope. List two
    organelles that might have been visible if you were using a microscope that had a greater magnification.

    4. In both cases, a stain was used in the preparation of the slide. Why do you think staining is necessary?

    5. Create a Venn diagram that shows how plant and animal cells are different and the same. You should include information
    from your notes or textbook (not just observations from this lab.)

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