How to Look at Pond Water With a Microscope

After the microscope slide series, I wanted real specimens from nature like pond water, which is what I’m doing today, and I have a pond in my backyard. I did this several times, it will be easy, so let’s get started.

Things you’ll need: Pond water, a jar, forceps eye dropper, microscope slides, cover slips, paper, and a microscope with 40x-100x magnification.

1. Collect the water using the jar. I found 2 tadpoles and 1 mosquito larva in my collected water.
2. Use the eye dropper to collect a small amount of the water from the jar.
3. Place the microscope slide that you’re using on to a piece of paper
4. Release one drop of the water onto the microscope slide from the eye dropper. 
5. Use forceps to carry the cover slip, then use it to cover the slide.  This will spread the water out into a thin layer over the slide.
   

   
6. Place the prepared slide into the microscope. Then, activate the microscope’s light.

I looked at the water under the microscope but I don’t see anything interesting. The only thing I see: dirt, string, and dots.

So I’m not going to look at the water. I wanted to see the organisms I collected.

I sucked the mosquito larva into the eyedropper.

Mosquito Larva:

I dropped the mosquito larva onto the slide. But I’m not going to put the cover slip on.

Yay! I can see it!

Look at it! Compare it to the one from the previous posts:

I wonder what will happen if I put the cover slip on.

And it appears that I crushed it…

Let’s look at the tadpole:

Tadpole:

 

I put the cover slip on, and the tadpole crushed.

I released the left over tadpole back into the pond :D.

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