We've already looked at some small flowers, some sand, pieces of hair, etc. What else do you suggest? Things that can be found around the house or in a garden.
2006-08-30 07:12:00 · 13 answers · asked by lady_p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Other cool things to look at are:
- Bits of dust gathered under a sofa.
- Mix a yeast and water solution and watch that.
- Compare the ends of your hair to that of a cat/dog hair or whisker.
- Feathers are also cool.
- Look at the various bodies of insects and arachnids.
- Compare the weaves of various fabrics.
- Check out the mold grown on foods... some of them look very odd.
- Compare the crystal composition between sugar and salt.
- Dissolve the sugar and salt (seperately) then let it dry. See what the "dried" stuff looks like.
2006-08-30 07:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Krynne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects are always fun to look at. For example find the parts a cricket used to make its chirp, look at the wings of a fly, or check out the fangs on a spider. If it is powerful enough you can try putting a drop of water from a lake/pond on the slide and see if you can see any micro-organisms swimming around. If you want to see how gross they can be, you can look at your fingernail clippings and see how impossible it is to keep them truly clean.
2006-08-30 08:03:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ben N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this may sound gross, but try scraping the inside lining of your cheeks, or perhaps blood if you should accidently nick yourself. Also, pond water and insects. Sorry, but that's what I ended up having to do in my grade school science class, and actually it was fascinating. I later went into the medical field as my career.
2006-08-30 07:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Sumanitu Taka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fun things :
Look at tap water (see what you'll find in it), also some sea water, river water, chanel water etc. and see how they compare or differ.
Get some scrapings from your skin and nail. Look at them, are they the same sample?
Look at any biological integument cells (look it up)
Look at the fly's wing make up and compare it to that of other insects and draw them.
If you go to the market,buy some fruit, small fish, shelfish and look at the diff structures.
Blood if fun (don't be pocking yourself) get it from the fish. It is fun to see the different cells: white cells, leukocytes, red cells, etc. and then you can look it up and see what ea. cell does.
2006-08-30 07:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about bugs, water, fleas...
you can also try scraping some skin off with a toothpick or q-tip (I think the easiest is from inside the cheek) and looking at the skin cells...
Have fun!!! Your brother is lucky to have you
2006-08-30 07:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by MiniEinstein 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scrape the inside of your cheek with a fingernail.then place the saliva on a slide you can then see your own living cells
2006-08-30 07:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drop of pond water.
2006-08-30 07:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pond water is always cool. lots of little blobs. sand, leaves, a single hair..... enjoy.
2006-08-30 07:20:16 · answer #8 · answered by bigg_guns78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insect wings, blood of insects, plant "juices", food stuffs.
2006-08-30 07:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by Why_Am_I_Here 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a strand of hair, butterfly wing, shoe string
2006-08-30 07:19:03 · answer #10 · answered by ravendog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋