Practical activity

In this activity you will use the virtual microscope to examine the structure of animal and plant cells.

Choose two animal cell slides and two plant cell slides from the slide set provided. In your notebook, write down the title of the slide, draw the cells you observe and wherever possible, label the structures you can see. Some slides will have more than one type of cell, so choose those cells that have more structural detail. 

Click on the microscope icon to access the application homepage. Before starting your investigation, first watch the introductory video to find out how the slide images were collected and how to use this virtual instrument.

Virtual Microscope

Click on the icon below to access the Virtual Microscope application homepage in the OpenSTEM Africa Virtual Laboratory. Watch the introductory video before entering the experiment.

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