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Rules of Scientific Diagrams. How to Draw Microscopic Images. Rules of Scientific Diagrams. Each diagram MUST include: Title Magnification Date Detail Labels Each diagram MUST: Be drawn on a blank paper Be drawn in pencil Be at least 10 cm in diameter
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Rules of Scientific Diagrams How to Draw Microscopic Images
Rules of Scientific Diagrams Each diagram MUST include: • Title • Magnification • Date • Detail • Labels • Each diagram MUST: • Be drawn on a blank paper • Be drawn in pencil • Be at least 10 cm in diameter • Be professional (e.g. lines drawn with rulers)
Why am I SO picky????!
What is this??? putting green? donut? cell? key? landscape? bottle opener? egg?
IMPORTANT NOTE • Diagrams must be very descriptive and require many components in order to be properly understood
Diagram Components • Title • Magnification • Date • Labels • Detail
Diagrams need a….. • The title needs to tell the viewer what the diagram is supposed to be representing title
Diagrams need a….. • The magnification tells the viewer how many times the object has been “blown up” in size • Will be either 40x, 100x, or 400x in this unit magnification
Diagrams need a….. • The date tells the viewer what day the diagram was drawn on date
Diagrams need….. • The diagram requires labels to tell the viewer what each part of the diagram is labels
Diagrams need.…. • The diagram needs to be detailed enough to show contours and textures between different parts • Do NOT use colour (pencil crayons) when drawing biological drawings detail
Professional Guidelines • Blank paper • Drawn in pencil • Neat and professional • Use Petri Dish or compasses to draw your field of view I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY DIAGRAM THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES
November 17, 2011 A Egg Frying Egg white Egg yolk 1 x
How would you draw the following image? These are human red blood cells that were viewed at a magnification of one thousand from their actual size. They were observed on November 17, 2014.
Assignment • Use a microscope to locate a few cells of the Elodea leaf (prepared slide) • Using the guidelines for drawing scientific diagrams, make a diagram of what you see in the microscope • Label the following: • Cell wall (the outer part of the cell) • Chloroplasts (the little green things in the cell) • Cytoplasm (the blank space in the cell) • DUE: