2.8+Microscopes+SLOs


 * Specific Learning outcomes for Biology 2.8 **** AS91150 **

By the end of this course you need to be able to do the following:

 * ** SLO – what you need to be able to do… ** || ** check **  ||
 * 1. Describe the specialised features of plant and animal cells such as arrangement of cells or cell types within a tissue, shape of cell, presence or absence of a specific organelle, quantity or distribution of organelles within a cell. ||  ||
 * 2. Describe the specialised features of unicellular organisms ||  ||
 * 3. Relate specialised features to the function of the cells or tissue ||  ||
 * 4. Show an understanding of the methods required to prepare biological material for viewing under a light microscope, including staining, use of cavity slides, use of cellulose, epidermal tears and cutting sections. ||  ||
 * 5. Prepare plant material for viewing under a light microscope ||  ||
 * 6. Prepare unicellular organisms for viewing under a light microscope ||  ||
 * 7. Show an understanding of the use of a light microscope by labelling the parts of a microscope and describing their functions ||  ||
 * 8. View biological material using a light microscope to enable detail of cell structures and components to be determined ||  ||
 * 9. Record observations of biological material in biological drawings using accepted conventions. Consistency of observations with recognisable shape and proportions and inclusion of typical organelles present in a cell, appropriate to the magnification is required. ||  ||
 * 10. Carry out an investigation to explore biological material at the microscopic level, preparing material, viewing material and recording observations in biological drawings ||  ||
 * 11. Identify the observed specialised features and relate them to the function of the cells. ||  ||
 * 12. Give reasons for how or why the specialised features you observe enable the cells to effectively carry out their specific function ||  ||