Digital Cell Lab

By: Sara Heines, Sam Wardell, and Andrew Keating.

6th Hour
Mrs. Radjewski

Purpose:
The purpose of this lab was to learn how to recognize the different types of cells.

Materials:
You will need:
Microscope
USB Cord

Laptop
Outlet
Slides
Coverslips
Eyedroppers
Water
Tweezers
Methylene Blue
Toothpicks
Tomato
Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic Cell Slide(already made).
Yogurt
Paper towel

Procedure:
1. Get your microscope, computer, and USB cord.
2. Plug the microscope in and hook up the USB cord to the
microscope and laptop.
3. Log onto your computer.
4. Open the Motic software app.
5. Click Capture to get your camera up.
6. Get a toothpick, slide, water, eyedropper, and coverslip.
7. Take the toothpick and swab the inside of your cheek.
8. Wipe the toothpick on the slide.

9. Add 1-2 drops of methylene blue and carefully place the coverslip
on top. *Methylene stains clothing!!
10.
Put the slide under the microscope.
11.
Focus on 100x.
12.
Focus on 400x
13.
Take a picture and save it as Cheek Cell 400x.
14.
Clean off your slide.
15.
Next, take a eyedropper and take a sample of tomato pulp.
16.
Drop it on the slide with 1-2 drops of water and place a
coverslip on top.
17.
Focus on 100x.
18.
Focus on 400x.
19.
Take a picture and name it Tomato Pulp 400x.
20.
Clean your slide.
21.
Take a piece of tomato skin and place it on the slide with 1-2
drops of water. Place coverslip on top.*Make sure coverslip lies
flat!!*
22.
Focus on 100x.
23.
Focus on 400x.
24.
Take a picture and save it as Tomato Skin 400x.
25.
Choose a premade Prokaryotic cell or Eukaryotic cell slide.
26.
Find a cell and focus on it 100x. Then focus on 400x.
27.
Take a picture and save it as Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic Cell
400x.
28.
Clean your slide.
29.
Finally, get some yogurt.
30.
Put it on the slide with a coverslip. NO WATER.
31.
Focus 100x on very low light.
32.
Take a picture and name it Yogurt 100x.
33.
Clean your slide.
34.
Turn off your microscope, lower the stage, put it on the
lowest power, and wrap up the cord and put it away.
35.
Make sure your workspace is clean.
36.
Write up your lab report.

Drawings:
Cheek Cell

Tomato Pulp

Tomato Skin

Eukaryotic Cell

Questions:
1.What 1 drawing was an animal cell?
The cheek cell was an animal cell.

What 2 drawings were plant cells?

The tomato skin and pulp were plant cells.
What 3 drawings were eukaryotic cells?
The tomato pulp, eukaryotic, and cheek cell were eukaryotic.
What 1 drawing was a prokaryotic cell?
The tomato skin was a prokaryotic cell.
What 1 drawing was unicellular?
The cheek cell was unicellular.
Describe the shape of the cheek cell.
It had a round, bean-looking shape to it.
What did you find living in the yogurt? Are they prokaryotic
or eukaryotic?
Bacteria was found living in the yogurt. Bacteria is
Eukaryotic.

What was the difference between the tomato pulp and the
skin?
The tomato skin was made of plant cells to protect the
tomato. Also, plant cells have chloroplasts that help with
photosynthesis and have to be on the surface. The tomato pulp
was an animal cell.
What is Methylene Blue and why do we use it?
We use it to stain the cells in order to see them better.

What are the 5 differences between animal and plant cells,

besides shape?
Chloroplast and cell walls are only found in plant cells.
Animal cells have Cilia or Flagella, Centrioles, and Lysosomes.

Conclusion:
During this lab, we learned how to find and identify a cell. We
also learned how to determine a eukaryotic cell from a prokaryotic
cell. Being able to identify the type of cell and the organelles is
what made this lab important. We were able to begin to recognize
what the organelles look like under a microscope.
In this lab we enjoyed seeing what the cells looked like
under a microscope. It was pretty neat to be able to see the
organelles in the cell. We didnt like that we couldnt find a living
bacteria cell in our yogurt. We were looking forward to seeing a
moving cell. The only thing that went wrong in the lab was that we
couldnt get the yogurt to work.