Cheek Cells

Today Room 4 were taking a look at Cheek Cells. We wanted to see what our cheek cells look like under the microscope. We worked in groups of three and were given the task to look at our cheek cells. We were taught how to gather our cheek cells and how to create a slide.

Hypothesis: What does our Cheek Cells look like under the microscope?

Equipment:

• Popsicle stick
• Slide
• Sodium Chloride
• Methylene blue (Stain)

Method:

• The first thing was one of our group members had to take the Popsicle stick and swab it gently in their mouth.
• Then they had to transfer the cells onto the slide.
• After that we had to add a drop of Sodium Chloride to our slide.
• Then we had to add a drop of Stain to drop of Sodium Chloride.

Observation:

When we looked at the cells the first time is was on the lowest magnification. As I saw it it was really small, and all I saw were small dots and little lines.

When we looked the second time the magnification was at the second level. I looked into the lenses and I saw the cells. They looked really different to how it looked the first time. It looked like autumn leaves, that had many dots around it.



Lastly, it looked like a piece of land on a map. It was like a shape of a country with dots all around it. But the shape looked more like a zig zaggy country.