 Field
Testing, Gr. 3-5, CAISL, Portugal - Page 2
“Hey, it’s an insect of some kind! Maybe a fly.” |
Ms. Centurio questions students about some of the insect’s parts
including the veined wings, antennae, and legs. She encourages them
to observe and describe what they see. |
Tables were set up in the back of the classroom to serve as “critter
tables.” |
Basic equipment—slides, cover slips, pipettes, forceps—were on a
nearby table.
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Tina demonstrates how to make wet-mount slides. |
Slide making in action.
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This group checks out the slide on the stage of the DigiScope. |
Students see live organisms on the slides that they made.
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They observe the heart beating in a Daphnia. |
Daphnia were particularly intriguing. More questions arose. “What do
they eat? How many times does the heart beat? Where do these things
live? What eats Daphnia?
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Once organisms were observed, there was a rush to find others. Here
a student is using a long pipette to make a wet mount slide from
water in a hay infusion. |
Another student investigates water in the class aquarium.
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