Preparing and Studying Slides of Plant Cells and Animal Cells

PREPARING AND STUDYING SLIDES OF PLANT CELLS AND ANIMAL CELLS.

Aim Problem statement : Materials

To observe plant cells and animal cells under light microscope. Did animal cell shape same like plant cell? An onion bulb, iodine solution , distilled water, blue methylene solution,

Apparatus

Glass slides, cover slips, a light microscope, a scapel, forceps, a glass dropper, a mounting needle and filter papers, tooth pick.

Hypothesis

Plant cells have a fixed shape and animal cells do not have a fixed shape.

Technique

Wet mounts of specimens are prepared, stained by using the irrigation method and observed under the light microscope.

Procedure

A. Preparing Slides Of Plant Cells.

B. PREPARING SLIDES OF ANIMAL CELLS.

Observation

Epidermal cells of an onion bulb.

Human cheek cells

Discussion

A. PLANT CELLS.

B. ANIMAL CELLS. Conclusion