Cells+and+the+Microscope


 * Part A - Investigating Plant Cells**

Where are the leucoplasts (amyoplasts)? Why have these objects in the cell stained black? ||  ||   ||
 * Banana Cells || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/banana.jpg]][[image:leucoplasts.jpg]][[image:leucoplasts 2.jpg]] || Where is the cell wall?
 * Banana Cells || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/banana.jpg]][[image:leucoplasts.jpg]][[image:leucoplasts 2.jpg]] || Where is the cell wall?
 * Red Capsicum Cells || [[image:chromo1.jpg]][[image:chromo2.jpg]] || Where is the pigment in red capsicum contained? Compare this to storage of starch above?

What other components of the cell can be seen from these images? ||  ||   ||
 * Red Onion Cells || media type="custom" key="22300148" || Osmosis in onion cells []

What is happenning to the cell when saline (salt water) is added to the solution? What happens to the cell when fresh water is added? ||  ||   || media type="custom" key="22300048"This YouTube clip looks at chloroplasts making use of cytoplasmic streaming to move to the optimum position within the cell for maximum light absorption used in photosynthesis process. || **Other**Cytoplasmic Streaming in Elodea [] ||  ||   || [] Amoeba in Motion [] Amoeba feeds [] || media type="custom" key="22299920" || ||  ||  || Contractile vacuole [] Paramecium Feeding [] || media type="custom" key="22299944" || ||  ||   ||
 * Elodea || **Cytoplasmic Streaming**
 * Elodea || **Cytoplasmic Streaming**
 * Part B Investigating protoctists (Protista)**
 * Amoeba
 * Paramecium
 * Euglena || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/euglena.jpg]] || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/euglena2.jpg]] ||  ||   ||


 * Part C - Investigating Animal Cells**
 * Red Blood cells || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/rbc.jpg]] || [[image:rbc1.jpg]]

|| What can you say about the shape of these blood cells?

What is specialised about RBC?

How does this slide show the shape of RBC? ||  ||   || Count the number of WBC. Estimate the number of RBC? ||  ||   ||
 * White blood cells || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/wbc2.jpg]] || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/wbc_3.jpg]] || How do you work out the ratio of WBC compared to RBC?
 * Ciliated columnar epithelial cells || This is a sample of the different tissues that make up the gut of a mammal. Where are the columnar epithelial cell located?

|| || You need to locate the columnar epithelial cells which line the gut of the intestine. ||  ||   ||
 * Motor Neurones || [[image:vce-unit1and2biology/nerve_cell.jpg]] || [[image:http://vce-unit1and2biology.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN width="NaN" height="NaN"]][[image:motorneuron2.jpg]] || On a motor neuron locate all the parts of the cell: dendrite, cell body, nucleus, nucleolus and axon. If you cannot see all the parts search for an online image to help you. ||  ||   ||