Starting A New Unit: Mitosis and Meiosis (And A HUGE Project)

At the start of this class we had an opportunity to start working on our huge product that is due on Friday, the day of the test.  For this project we look at the inside of and animal, plant and bacteria cell to figure out how each organelle functions.  In theory, doing this project will not only let us understand how cells work in different forms, but why and how cells undergo mitosis.  After we had the short time to start the project, we got an introduction into using the microscopes, digital and optical.  We looked at a flea and some plant cells through both and figured out how to use the different parts of the microscope.  Next class
we will be using the microscopes again, so this was a good first attempt at using them.