Thursday, April 19, 2012

Hydra and Planaria

Hydra has tenctics out of one end
mouth in center 
transparent layers


Planaria crawls circle in shape brown in color

CRUSTATIONS

WATER FLEAS/FAST MOVING/DARK IN COLOR/LINE MARK ON BODY
CLAMSHRIMP/ROUND IN SHAPE/DARK SPOTS ON BODY
SCUDS/SHIRMPLIKE SHAPE/LARGE EYES/FAST MOVING

Friday, April 13, 2012

Protozoans

Protozoa #1
Transparent green color
Oblong in shape
Small dots inside of them
Fast moving

Protozoa #2
Clear color
Round in shape
Move fast

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Plant and Algae Observations


Elodea
  • Cells are in straight lines.
  • Square in shape.
  • Pointy in the edges
  • Various shades of green.

Algae
  • Darker color around the edge of each piece.
  • Cells are round and oval.
  • Some are thin and long.

Duckweed
  • Round shaped.
  • No pattern.
  • Bumpy surface.
  • Stems have cells in lines.

Sagittaria
  • Lines of small cells.
  • Some lines seem to be solid.
  • Various shades of green.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Specialized Cells

Leaf cell
  • Different colors black, green, red, and white
  • Sizes very from small to large
  • Round in shape
  • Sizes are grouped together
  • Very few red cells

White blood
  • Smooth with bumps sticking out
  • Bumps appear to be transparent
  • Very round
  • Smaller then white blood cells

Platelet
  • Long strands sticking out
  • No specific shape
  • Smooth surface
  • Smaller than white blood cells

Red blood cell
  • concaved in the center
  • Rough surface
  • half round

Tree trunk cells
  • Square cells
  • Cells are in rows
  • Different sizes
  • Dots inside

Bone cells
  • Circles that gradually get smaller, one inside the other
  • Black or white centers
  • Random spots throughout

Muscles
  • Pink streaks
  • groups of small cells randomly placed

Nerve cells
  • Many strands coming from center
  • Round centers
  • Strand coming from main strand