Diversity of Life Investigation #3: Microscopic Life by

Paramecium

mblancaflor13 — 2013-05-23 16:01:49 UTC

Paramecium was the organism found in all of the miniponds, and were the ones that everyone could identify: since we spent more time looking at these.

Amoebas

mblancaflor13 — 2013-05-23 16:02:32 UTC

We also looked at Amoebas, but mostly through videos found online; and briefly through our mini pond safaris.

Euglenas

mblancaflor13 — 2013-05-23 16:03:14 UTC

We also looked at Euglenas under the microscope. We mostly looked at them through videos, but we briefly got to see them in our mini pond safaris.

Mini Pond Safari

mblancaflor13 — 2013-05-29 16:03:26 UTC

At the beginning of the year, we made mini ponds from things found from a real pond. They contained real single celled organisms, which we were able to see under the microscopes. We looked at them with 100x, 400x, and 600x

Here are some of the organisms we had found in our Mini Ponds.

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 01:58:57 UTC

Paramecium Lab.

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 02:04:51 UTC

Here is the lab. sheet we used when we first looked at the paramecium.

Paramecium Feeding

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 02:13:47 UTC

Here is the lab. sheet we looked at when we got to feed the paramecium.

Microscopic Life Labs.

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 02:16:03 UTC

The lab. sheets we used in this unit shows us what we're supposed to do. There are also questions we should answer.

Paramecium Video,

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 02:23:55 UTC

Here is a video that shows what we saw when we did the Paramecium Feeding Lab.

Amoeba Lab.

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 02:58:04 UTC

Here is the only lab we did specifically for Amoebas.

Flagellates

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 03:50:55 UTC

We also looked at flagellates, again mostly looked at through videos and briefly through the mini pond safaris.

Focus Questions (FQ)

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 15:41:30 UTC

Q: What evidence of life can we find through cells?

A: We can see that cells have moving parts, eat, dispose of waste, interact with their environment, etc.

Q: What are cells and what evidence do we have of them from Paramecium?

A: Cells are what make up all living things, they are the building blocks of life. The paramecium are single celled and show that cells move and interact with their environment.

Q: What are protists and how do they reflect the diversity of life?

A: Protists are single celled organisms and show how different even a single cell can look from other cells.

Vocabulary.

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 15:53:56 UTC

Protists: A kingdom of single celled organisms.

Single celled: A organism that has only one cell.

Cell: The basic unit of life, all organisms have them.

Organelles: The organs of a single cell.

Nucleus: The brain of a single cell.

Cilia: The hair on a paramecium.

Membrane: The skin of a single celled organism.

Independent Cell: A cell that is on it's own.

Dependent Cell: A cell that is dependent on other cells.

Elodea

mblancaflor13 — 2013-06-04 16:02:49 UTC

We also looked at the cells of the elodea through the microscope