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Looking at parts of a Buttercup Flower using the Light Microscope

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Buttercup flower ©  Shirley Burchill

Your teacher will show you how to make slides of the petals, stamens and carpels of your flower so that you can study them using a light microscope. You will need to use the high power lens to see the pollen grains in detail.

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Your drawing from the microscope

Buttercup petal ©  Shirley Burchill

 

 

 

Buttercup flower carpel ©  Shirley Burchill

 

 

 

Buttercup flower anther ©  Shirley Burchill

 

 

 

When you have finished your practical work complete the labels on the two diagrams below.

Drawing LS typical flower ©  Shirley Burchill

Drawing LS carpel ©  Shirley Burchill

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