Cells

Cells by Jesse Bader, Amanda Gruppuso, Kyle O'Connor, and Michael Najarien
Hypothesis: Which, if any substances are living, if any? None of the substances are living in this experiment.

Protocol : 1. Place unknown substance on a wet mount. 2. Then apply cover slip and place under microscope. 3. Observe each test tube under microscope using high and low power. 4. Draw observations to record data. 5. Specify the differences in each substance.

Day 1: Today we are using water on the wet mounts to observe the cells under the microscope to try to find cell presence in the unknowns. Substance A - We observed the unknown substance under the microscope and we determined that there are you no cells in this organism. Substance B : We did not test substance B due to the uneffectiveness of water, when looking for cells in this experiment. Substance C : We did not test substance C due to the uneffectiveness of our other tests, and our realization that cells are not showing well with only using water. Day 2 : Today we will try something different and instead of using water on the wet mount we will use methlyne blue. We are trying to continue testing for cells. Substance A : After adding the methlyne blue we can see the shapes more clearly, but there is still no sign of cells in the substance. Substance B : After adding methlyne blue to the substance, we can see small square-like objects that connect in some areas and and in others are alone. Still, there are no signs of cells in the substance. Substance C : We added methlyne blue. The shapes look rock-like. They do not again show any signs of cells in the object, and we are concluding that there are no cells in any of the substances.