The Elodea Lab 

A lab designed to locate plant cells and the structures found within them

Your Mission

Fill in your sheet with this:

Locate: ONE elodea cell under high power

Label: Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, chloroplasts

Remember: No Air Bubbles!!!

Find a cell where cytoplasmic streaming is occuring

Procedure

1. Obtain the materials necessary to complete the lab.

Each group needs:

One Slide

One Cover Slip

One elodea leaf - take one near the top of the plant.

Procedure (continued)

2. Obtain a young leaf

3. Place one drop of water on the slide 

Procedure (continued)

4. Add one cover slip using good technique

5. Use your good microscope skills to locate cell under high power (no bubbles!)

6. Obtain a signature

7. Draw THREE cells

8. Label ONE cell

How Will I Be Graded?

20 points overall
5 points for signature
5 points for labels
5 points for neatness and organization
5 points for good lab technique and following lab rules

When You Finish:

Clean up scope

Rinse off slide and place on brown paper on black cart