Station 2 “Make it Simple”

Additions

  • Complete “Microscope Mania” worksheet. Use the Microscope Basics notes to help you complete it.
  • Use microscope and draw the letter “e” as it appears in three different powers of magnification. Draw it on the “Microscope Mania” worksheet.

Station 3 Select-A-Slide

Additions

  • Follow the directions concerning the proper use of the objective lens and drawing for one of the slides listed below.
  • Use one objective of your choice for the remaining eight slides and draw it on the specimen cards provided.
  1. Euglena
  2. Paramecium
  3. Stentor
  4. Cyclops
  5. Hydra
  6. Daphnia
  7. Diatoms
  8. Vorticella
  9. Amoeba

Station 4 “Pond Water Critters”

Additions

  • Use the petri dishes instead of the slides to observe the specimen from the pond water.

Go to my webpage

  • Open the section “Microscope and Protist Lab”. Open the link “Protists” and view the following videos:
  1. Diatom 1
  2. Diatom 2
  3. Amoeba 1
  4. Amoeba 2
  5. Paramecium
  6. Stentor
  7. Vorticella
  8. Hydra Attenuata
  9. Hydra Viridis
  10. Rotifer

List the above protists and identify each one as autotrophic or

heterotrophic, unicellular or multicellular. Also, label the ciliates and

psuedopods.

Station 5 “Scope Basics”

Additions

  • Follow the directions for Activity number 1. Write your time in the proper place located on the assignment sheet.
  • Follow the directions for Activity number 2. After you and your partner finish timing write the time in the proper place.
  • Complete “Electron Microscope” assignment sheet.

Station 7 Protists

  • Answer the questions concerning the protists.
  • Label the parts listed on the front page of the worksheet.
  • Mark the circles with the color you will use to color the parts. (See Key)
  • Color the four protists (use the coloring key)
  • Complete the protist crossword located on the back of the worksheet.

STATION 1: “Scavenger Hunt”

Open your web explorer and type in the following address:

  • Follow the directions on the handout
  • Complete questions 1-24 and the Graphic Organizer

Read the article “Protozoa” and answer questions 1-15.