What gives hair its color? Preview CT-STEM

What do we already know?

Students will review what they learned through microscope analysis of human hair and interrogate their prior understanding of melanin.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Question 1.1

Think back to the structure of different hair colors as you saw them under the microscope (see picture, too). What do you notice about the coloration?

Question 1.2

Part of the color of hair is something called melanin. What do you already know about melanin?

Question 1.3

Discuss the last 2 questions as a class and write down some answers from your classmates that are different from your own in the space below.

Notes

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