Cheek Cell : This exercise compares plant and animal cells.

Science Objectives	Image Processing skills:
Compare the onion plant cell with the human cheek cell	Copy and paste between images
Compare the sizes of the two different cells	Set image scales
Identify the various cellular structures and their relative sizes	Measure length, width
Learn to distinguish between plant and animal cells	Measure area

 

 

Elodea:This exercise examines the plant cell Elodea

Science Objectives:	Image Processing skills
Identify typical plant structures	Copy and paste between images
Compare the elodea plant cell before and after the process of plasmolysis	Set image scales
Identify plant cellular structures both before and after plasmolysis	Measure length and width
Calculate the size of the plant's vacuole based on this experiment	Measure area

Last updated: November 6, 2002

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