The Xylems and Lignins

Whoops! I Pho-got to mention something really funny that happened during PC lesson yesterday. We were doing presentations on the native sports of several asian countries for International Friendship Day. Richard Chan's group got Vietnam and he was presenting. Before he started on the sport, he was giving a brief intro of Vietnamese culture, and he put on screen a huge picture of a bowl of Pho noodles together with with Pho24 logo.

The class was howling with laughter, Ms Choy was laughing too, and Ms Ong was trying not too laugh. And Ms Fiona Ho, sitting together with our other two teachers, vigorously turned her head from Ms Choy to Ms Ong and asked "What is going on?"

Today's bio practical was quite fascinating. It was the whole celery and food coloring thing, what is probably the most popular textbook experiment for explaining the xylem. We were seeing if having leaves (with and without direct light) make water intake faster.

The more interesting part was later, when we did a longitudal section of the xylem, and got to see the lignin.

I read that you messed up bio practical. Don't be so upset. I had to try many times before I could get a proper section of the xylem. Most of us couldn't get results anyway. Anyway, the methylene blue was optional, it was for if you think that the sample was not clear enough under the microscope. I didn't use it. If your leaf still appears green after dyeing it, maybe the sample is cut too thick? 

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