Ms. Jasztal’s Fourth Grade Class Begins Exploring CELLS

Above is a cicada- that was actually in our Math and Science Lab teacher’s kit for us to analyze!!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Today, our fourth grade class began exploring cells. We learned yesterday in our books that they are the building cells of life, yet today, Ms. Jasztal borrowed a “Scope on a Rope” from our Math and Science Lab teacher, Ms. Kiley. The “Scope on a Rope” is used by plugging it in to a USB port on a laptop computer.

We used this incredible tool by examining our hair and skin cells as well as microscopic slides Ms. Jasztal stores in her blue science drawers at the front of the classroom.

The boys got really excited when they were using the scope to analyze a variety of objects, especially the insect specimens from Ms. Kiley’s kit.

Here, one of the girls in our class examined her fingernail while teammates watched.

Two girls in our class examined skin cells in the photo above.