DIRECTIONS FOR QX3 MICROSCOPE LAB

Getting Used to the Microscope.

a) Take a penny, and find Mr. Lincoln sitting inside his memorial on 10x and 60x. Take a snapshot of this image on 60x.

b) Take a snapshot of your fast plant flower buds. To do this, remove the microscope from its stand. Your image may be used on the website.

c) Make a movie of someone’s eyeball moving. You must hold the microscope very still to get a clear shot.

Making a time lapse.

1. See Miss Bowen for a thin layer of the red epidermis from a red onion, and place on a slide/dish. Add a drop of water. Adjust microscope light and power as needed. Take snapshot of cells using the camera icon.

2. Dab away water with paper towel, and add a drop of saturated salt solution on the cell peel. Make sure the cells are in focus. Go to time lapse icon, and set the time lapse for 5-second intervals up to 2 minutes.

3. Play back movie to observe response of cell to high-sucrose solution.