OBSERVATION OF STARCH

1. Ask your parents to cut a thoroughly washed potato into two pieces.

2. Rub the cut surface of the potato with a blank slide as it is illustrated, until white liquid is formed on the surface of the slide.

3. With a stick or a pipette, take a small amount of this white liquid from the slide and paste a very little amount on the center of the blank slide.  make sure the stick is absolutley clean.  Cover the sample with a cover glass before observation under a microscope.