YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009

1. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 BIOLOGY – All about…. Living things Viruses? Plants Unicells Animals Bacteria Fungi

2. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 Plants Ferns are very old and interesting… they have sex in a weird way Look at the underside of a leaf: Take a look at some spores under the microscope – shine some light on it. What’s going on? Spores

3. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 Animals Periwinkles are little molluscs that live in tidal areas. They hang around like this when the tide (sea water) is out, and feed when it’s in. But will they get tricked into coming out to feed if their rock pool fills up with fresh water (if it rains)?

4. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 NOT THIS YEAR, maybe another time Cells All living things are made of cells. We can see some by looking in the microscope…

5. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 Human cells Make a slide by taking a scraping from the inside of your cheek and wiping it on the slide. Add a single drop of methylene blue. Put a cover slip on over it.

6. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 Plant cells Make a slide by tearing a leaf and cutting off a transparent (see-through) bit and put it on a slide. Add a single drop of methylene blue. Put a cover slip on over it.

7. YEAR 8 BROADGREEN VISIT 2009 Leaf cross section Look at the pre-prepared slide of the leaf cross section.