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vae as they develop into maturity. Without

food and oxygen, the shrimp cannot develop

and will die. Mature brine shrimp are known

as Artemia Salina.

Note: Using an eyedropper with just the right

pressure to get a desired amount of liquid

onto a slide can be harder than it looks. Take

out a clean slide and practice squeezing a

drop of water onto the slide until you feel

comfortable that you can control the size of

the drop that you’re squeezing out.

4. Observe the life cycle of the shrimp as they

grow: the dried eggs, the hatching eggs, the

developing larvae, and finally, the mature

shrimp.

5. The mature shrimp may be fed to fish in an

aquarium if you so wish. However, first

remove the shrimp from the brine solution

and place them into fresh water. An increase

in salt may harm the fish in the aquarium.

Make Your Own Slides

It’s so easy to make slides that the variety of

slides you can create will be limited only by your

own imagination.

A section of almost any material can be placed

on a slide and observed with a microscope. All

you need is the proper equipment and a little

patience, and you’ll be making slides in no time.

Everything you need for the experiments in this

booklet can be found in this kit or your home

(make sure to ask a parent first before you bor-

row any of his or her items, such as the measur-

ing cup). Locate the follow items:

• Scissors • Paper towels

• Petroleum jelly • A measuring cup

• Natural, uncolored toothpicks

• 2 or 3 small bottle caps

• Wide mouth jar and lid

• 3 or 4 paper cups, or any small containers

which can be discarded after use.

Next, set up your work area....the kitchen table

TIP: Don’t always

assume that

increasing magnifi-

cation will produce

the best image for

viewing.

Each time you

increase in magni-

fication, the

amount of light

decreases, and the

section of the

image you are able

to view also

decreases. This is

desirable for some

specimens, but not

for others.

Experiment

observing with all

three objectives for

all specimens until

you get a feel for

magnification lev-

els.

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