The microscope and drawing

practise
 Learning objectives

• To consolidate what we have learned about microscopes and biological drawings

• To produce some good drawings from microscope slides

• To write a short biography on Robert Hooke, in particular his contribution to the microscope and
biology

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 Starter

Velcro

A banana

What are these things?

Can you draw this one?

The foot Toilet paper

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housefly
Biological Drawing

• Develops observation skills

• A student must look very closely at a specimen in order to draw it accurately and must have sound
knowledge of the component structures in order to choose what to draw and what to omit from the
drawing.

• Drawings should always be in pencil. Fine detail cannot be represented accurately unless the pencil
has a sharp point.

• The outlines of any structures should be drawn but there should be no colouring or shading.
Biological Drawing

• The relative sizes of the structures drawn should be accurate.

• If required, the drawn structures should be labelled, using label lines that do not cross or obscure
the drawing, with brief annotations about their functions or interrelationships.

• The drawing should have an explanatory title and an indication of the real size of the structures
drawn or of the magnification used.
Types of drawing at A-Level

• Cell drawing 

• The purpose of this drawing is to show accurately the components of individual cells observed
using an optical microscope. The drawing should be detailed but should not show more than two or
three cells.

• Body plan 

• Following dissection, a morphological drawing should provide a lifelike representation of the main
body parts exposed by the dissection.
Types of drawing at A Level

• Tissue map 

• The purpose of a tissue map is to show the location and extent of tissues in an organ or in a whole
organism. Cellular detail of any of the tissues should not be shown. Instead, the outline of each
tissue should be drawn. This often presents a problem, since cell differentiation is seldom discrete.
Students must use their background knowledge and understanding to interpret what they see.
Example
http://biology4alevel.blogspot.com/2015/04/75-drawings.html

(for tips and hints; you will not be doing an exam on this)
Drawing real cells

Collect a slide of cork cells and a microscope.

Draw what you can see through the microscope

Don’t forget to add the magnification

 Drawing practise
Just remember:

You have some time now to

practice your biological drawings.

Choose any slides and do the best

you can on each slide.

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 Biography: Robert Hooke

Read the information given in the biography information sheet on Robert

Hooke.

Write at least half a page on this amazing scientist, including his personal life
all of his scientific work

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A A E C E I P E Y E E G G H C Y J D F X Y P V F
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Homework

• You are going to research the use of bacteria in the

food and medical industries. Choose one from the
following list:
• Probiotics
• Cheese making
• Antibiotics
• Yogurt
• Insulin
• Pickles
• Bioremediation
• Soy sauce
• Vaccines
• Vinegar
Or one of your own choice