Microscope Magic
Today we looked at plant cells under a computer microscope. We found that best results were from red onions because we could clearly see the different cells. After looking at the photographs, we observed that the cells were very regular in size (either a squashy rectangle or oval) believe that this is because of the rigid cell walls that plant cells have. magnified x150 magnified x100 We tried a few other plants but didn't have as much success seeing the cell walls. However, we do have some interesting photographs of close-up sunflower leaves and petals. Top of a sunflower leaf Underside of a sunflower leaf At the top left of this leaf are chloroplasts (the little green sacs) Although we used a computer microscope we learnt some theory abo...