- Have instructions at this center for the students to observe different types of hair. They should all have a piece of their own hair to examine under a microscope. Also, you may provide hair from different animals for comparison: dog, cat, mouse, guinea pig, horse, etc.
- Have students look at individual pieces of hair under the microscope and draw a detailed representation of the hair. Microscopes with different powers of objective lenses work best, as students gain a better visual perspective of what they are observing.
- Make sure students label their drawings and jot down observations for each specimen.
- Have students compare the hairs in chart format, including length, thickness, surface texture, etc.