Microscopy Lab Write-up

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Jan 302009
 

Write up microscopy lab – APA style (without abstract or hypothesis)

  • Introduction – talk about microscopy – different scopes, lenses, eye
  • Materials & Methods – how to make a slide, how to use compound light microscope
  • Results – draw labeled pictures of microscope, eye, items you looked at under scope (letter e, animal cell, plant cell, hairs)  label these figures so you can refer to them in discussion; magnification equation (from book when using ruler to measure at low power) and its numerical result for our scopes at high power
  • Discussion – compare/contrast animal and plant cells, discuss measuring and magnification, discuss any other questions the book asked throughout the lab – be sure to refer to figures and equations from results section
  • Sources – you should cite the textbook, the FSU site, and the UDEL site.
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