Science post #3 (how to set up a onion skin slide)

On the 3rd to last day of the term, we used the microscopes but instead of having everything ready for us. We had to make the cell ourself, we were given a piece of onion a slide to pick the onion on and a small clear pice to stick on the onion piece and we were also given Iodine.

Step 1 - First, you had to get the piece of onion and grab the end and pull a thin piece of the option, then you need to lay it on the clear Slide.

Step 2 - For step 2 you need to grab the iodine and stick a small drop of iodine on the onion

step 3 - put the small clear piece of glass on top of the iodine and onion that lays on the slide

CONGRATS YOU CREATED YOUR FIRST SLIDE, the slide is clear rectangle thing, its made of glass so don't break it.

But then we have to set it up on the microscope.

to set it up I'll take you step through step

Step 1  - Set up the microscope, make sure to hold the microscope by the neck and base (Go to blog post #2 to see the parts of the microscope)

Step 2  - once you've set up the microscope grab your slide and gently place it on the base of the microscope

Step 3 - move the 2 clips on the side of the base where you slide is and move them onto to the slide so your slide doesn't move around while you're looking at your cell.

Step 4 - Look into the eyepiece to see the cells and what you made with onion, iodine and a slide.

In the eyepiece the onion will be a light shade, that is so you can see the cells within the onion.