Lesson 1: Living Things Themes DRY MOUNT SPECIMEN PREPARATION Task # Direction: Study the procedures in column A and B. poste your accomplished improvise specimen Procedure How does it look like Your Tasks Yo work Prepare a slide, most microscope slides are flat on Cut the cardboard into 1 top and bottom and inch width and 3 inches in rectangular in shape. It is height. This will serve as transparent that allows the light pass on your slide Slice off a thin piece of the sample specimen. Use a razor blade to cut your specimen material into a thin, translucent slice In a colored paper cut a portion of it of l cm by 1 cm. In order to make a sample specimen Place the strip colored paper over the cardboard Place the sample specimen on the slide. Use a pair of forceps to pick up the thin slice of your sample specimen Set a cover slip over the mple specimen. The cover lip prevents the sample cimen from tumbling off the slide Using the transparent plastic, cover the sample. The plastic cover will serve as the cover slip of the sample
