Meet the Microscope
10/7- Microscope Images
Focus Question: How do objects appear when they are viewed through a microscope?
Vocabulary: magnification: the increase in size of the microscope image
- Students make a wet mount of the word "seed". Student complete a microscope drawing of an "e" at low
and high power and investigate how the image appears under the microscope.
10/10: Field of View
Focus Question: How can we estimate the size of an object by looking at it through the microscope?
Vocabulary: field of view: The area of light (circle) when you look into the eyepiece of the microscope.
- Students learned to calculate the Optical Power (Total Power of Magnification) for each objective lens.
- Students measured the size (width) of the "field of view" at each power of magnification.
- Students will use this information to "estimate" or measure the size of an object under the microscope.
QUIZ TOMORROW on Microscope Images!!!