Microscope Lab - Animal Parts

Directions:

1. Gather your spiral, pencil,  and lab supplies.
2. Write your name and date in the top right corner.
3. Plug the Zoomy in the back of a DESK TOP computer, not a laptop.
4. In the finder, type in Zoomy. Open Zoomy in a desktop folder, not from the Internet. 
5. Open up Digital Viewer.
6. The microscope should be on at this point and you should see a window viewer on the computer by now. If not, see Mrs. Robinson.
7. View the slides with the Zoomy.
8. Trace a circle in your spiral.
9. Draw what you see with the Zoomy.
10. Label the drawing and the X viewing size.
11. Do this with each slide.
12. Write the heading REFLECTIONS:
13. Answer the following questions: How do the specimens look under the microscope compared to what you can see on the slide? What parts were you able to identify? What "real" size items in your world look similar to the microscopic sized items you see with the Zoomy?
14. Enjoy this online activity:
15. An online microscope activity:

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