Mitosis and Microscope Lab – SNC2P
Name:_________________________________
In this Lab, there are multiple stations, each with their own set of questions and procedures.
In your lab groups, same groups as the O-Wing Experiment, complete the following procedures and answer
the following questions before moving on to the next station.
Each group will start at a different station and you will have a limited amount of time (10 minutes) to
complete each station.
Station 1, 2 and 3 – Mitosis Jones – DON’T PLAY AROUND WITH THE MICROSCOPE, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN
SET UP FOR YOU.
1) What is the name of the sample you are looking at?
2) Describe what you see. Use as many descriptive words as you can. (Colour, shapes, objects, perhaps
what they might resemble).
3) Make a rough sketch what you see on a separate piece of paper. Call it Figure 1. Give it an appropriate
title. Attach it to this lab before submitting it.
4) Using the back side of your Parts of a microscope handout, try to identify the appearance of each stage
of mitosis in one of these first 3 stations. If you are unable to identify one, use your sheet from
yesterday where you identified each stage by colour to fill in the rest of the stages.
5) Estimate how many cells are in this tiny sample.
6) What have you learned about cell division from this station?
Station 4 - Earthworm Jim - DON’T PLAY AROUND WITH THE MICROSCOPE, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET UP FOR YOU.
1) What is the name of the slide under the microscope?
2) Describe what you see. Use as many descriptive words as you can. (Colour, shapes, objects, perhaps
what they might resemble).
3) Why do you think this slide appears different from the rest of the samples from the other stations?
(What is different about it, what is the same?)
4) Make a rough sketch what you see on a separate piece of paper. Call it Figure 2. Give it an appropriate
title. Attach it to this lab before submitting it.
Station 5 – Make Like a Tree and Leave - DON’T PLAY AROUND WITH THE MICROSCOPE, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET
UP FOR YOU.
1) What is the name of the slide under the microscope?
2) Describe what you see. Use as many descriptive words as you can. (Colour, shapes, objects, perhaps
what they might resemble).
3) Why do you think this slide appears different from the rest of the samples from the other stations?
(What is different about it, what is the same?)
4) Make a rough sketch what you see on a separate piece of paper. Call it Figure 3. Give it an appropriate
title. Attach it to this lab before submitting it.
5) Estimate how many cells are in this tiny sample.
Station 6 –Now you try – IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS STATION, YOU AND YOUR TEAM MUST PROPERLY
LOAD AND FOCUS THE SAMPLE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
1) Once you have it focused and you can see it, ask your teacher to initial this section before answering
the following questions. __________________
2) What is the name of the slide under the microscope?
3) Describe what you see. Use as many descriptive words as you can. (Colour, shapes, objects, perhaps
what they might resemble).
4) Why do you think this slide appears different from the rest of the samples from the other stations?
(What is different about it, what is the same?)
5) Make a rough sketch what you see on a separate piece of paper. Call it Figure 4. Give it an appropriate
title. Attach it to this lab before submitting it.
Station 7 –Try, Try Again – IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS STATION, YOU AND YOUR TEAM MUST PROPERLY
LOAD AND FOCUS THE SAMPLE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
1) Once you have it focused and you can see it, ask your teacher to initial this section before answering
the following questions. __________________
2) What is the name of the slide under the microscope?
3) Describe what you see. Use as many descriptive words as you can. (Colour, shapes, objects, perhaps
what they might resemble).
4) Why do you think this slide appears different from the rest of the samples from the other stations?
(What is different about it, what is the same?)
5) Make a rough sketch what you see on a separate piece of paper. Call it Figure 5. Give it an appropriate
title. Attach it to this lab before submitting it.