Micrographia

When Robert Hooke wrote Micrographia back in 1665, it was an incredible work of art as well as an enlightening book of science. Today that tradition of combining art and science continues through some amazing photography.  Below is a collection of cells arranged into a Christmas collage; the organelles are stained various colors.  These are some of the many types of cells found in a mammal's body, magnified between 200-2000x. Each of these cells has a specific function; some might be blood cells or muscle cells or skin cells or ...the list goes on....

Your assignment is to produce a mini-book showcasing the various specialized cells, which could include bacterial cells, archaea cells, single-celled animals, and the various types of cells found in plants or animals.  You choose.  Draw accurately and label what type of cell it is and where it would be found.  Cover + six cells = 35 pts.   How to find images: When you use Google image search it it ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to make sure the safe search is ON. Look in the upper right corner. Please get your mom to start you off. I suggest you search for "cells photography microscopic." Not all the pictures will be what you are looking for.

Next, the two coloring pages given in class: I suggest using colored pencils or fine point markers.  You are asked to read the back page until you come to an instruction to color.  First you color the "item" and then you use the same color to write over the word label at the top of the page. Then color the sentences on the written side which are the description with that same color. 15 pts.

If you have extra time and wish to have less homework on Friday, you may read Chapter 1, section 2 and answer the study guide questions.

If your swimmies are still alive, great job!  Can you please bring them to class on Thursday so we can view them under a microscope?

Thanks for class today, and for the "lively" [*pun*] debate. As George Washington once said, "The mind of a jr. higher is a scary place to be."

He didn't really say that.

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