Binary Fission Video This is a very cool video showing a Protozoa Stylonychia reproducing through binary fission! Prokaryotic Cells vs. Eukaryotic Cells Video This is a good video describing Prokaryotic cells vs. Eukaryotic cells. It starts out talking about ringworm – hang in there, it’s going somewhere! Videos of Protists Eating Here are a some interesting videos […]
Category: Module 3
Today we looked at prepared slides of protozoans (amoeba, paramecium, euglena, volvox) and algae (spirogyra, diatoms), completing experiment 3.2 and 3.3. The focus was on detailed drawing and identifying and labeling the different organelles. They are all getting more handy with the microscopes, and I had them move through their lab notebooks in a more […]
Today we got out the microscopes and looked at our pond cultures one last time. We found a few different things today. Looking at a sample from the soil jar, we saw a circular specimen that we thought was a volvox. It occured to me later that it could have been a centric diatom. I […]