The Procedure

  Real lab procedure 

• Place the slide on the stage of the microscope and observe first under lower magnification and then in higher magnification.  

• Observe various stages of gamete development. 

  Simulator Procedure 

• Drag and drop the slide onto the stage of the compound microscope. 

• Click on the eye piece of the compound microscope to view the sample. 

• To change the power of the lens, you can choose a lens from the ‘Select objective lens’ drop down list. 

• For coarse adjustments, you can either click on the left and right arrow of ‘Coarse adjustment’ knob, seen on the left control panel. 

• For fine adjustments, you can click on the left and right arrows of ‘Fine adjustment 'knob which seen on the left control panel. 

• To observe each part, you can click on the four-way directional arrow of ‘Slide adjustment’ seen on the left control panel.  

• Click the next button to label the image. 

• Drag and drop the correct labels to appropriate places. 

• The correct answer will show in green outline. 

• You can Click the back button to view the microscope view again. 

• Click the reset button to do the labelling again 

•  You can submit the answers by clicking on submit button. 

• If you have any doubt, you can click on the help button that provides you with hints. 

• You can repeat the experiment by clicking on the ‘Reset’ button.