Living things and the processes of life
 The processes of life

Pupil Activity

mineral salt solution
sugar solution
plastic droppers
plastic dimple slide
plastic coverslips
ripe stamen from flower
microscope

• Using the plastic dropper, suck up a few drops of sugar solution.
• Put two drops in the well of the plastic dimple slide.
• Taking a new dropper, suck up a few drops of salt solution and add this to the well with the sugar drops.
• Mix these drops together with the dropper.
• Suck up a little of this and drop a spot onto the coverslip.
• Taking the anther from the flower, rub the pollen into the drop.
• Turn the coverslip over and put it on top of the plastic dimple slide.
• Examine the slide under low power of a microscope.