How to Use a Microscope

Click on the following links to the How Stuff Works website to study the Compound Light Microscope. Once you are on the website, be sure to scroll down and read about each topic as well as watch each video that appears to the right of the list of topics. Focus on topics 1,2, 3, and 6 on the website.



Introduction to How Light Microscopes Work

The Basic

Image Quality

The Parts of a Light Microscope

If you would like a study guide for the test, email me and I will forward one to you.

The following link is a picture of a microscope to label. Print it or save it to your desktop and memorize the names of each part of the microscope. Use this picture for the test.

Microscope Unlabeled Picture


MICROSCOPE USAGE PRETEST

Log on to Mygradebook.com
Choose Science class.
To the right of the class information you will see a box that is called Calendar.
In that box you will see:

Online Quizzes Due Today

No online quizzes due today.
> See all assigned online quizzes

Click on See all assigned online quizzes. Take the quiz called Microscope Usage Pretest. Your quiz will be scored immediately and the results will be sent to your teacher.

HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

Challenge Lesson on SEM Microscopes