Curated OER
Studying Living Organisms
Pupils discover and discuss the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Using a microscope, they examine various prepared slides of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
Curated OER
Pollen Collection And Identification
Students investigate plant reproduction, pollen collection and identification. They collect pollen samples over a twenty four hour period and examine them under a microscope.
Curated OER
Do You See What I See?
Students observe and describe different objects seen under a microscope and compare the individual perspectives of what was seen.
Curated OER
Plant Activities: A Seedy Job
Students collect seeds outside to study under the microscope.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University/spm Home Activity
Investigate a SPM image at home with this activity of the week. Links back to more info about SPM's.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Thin Lens Equation
This is an informative site from Georgia State University. It gives a discussion of the thin lens equation and an illustration of its use in determining the image distance based upon the object distance and the focal length.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Microscope
This site from Georgia State University Physics Department provides a discussion of how light refracts through the lenses of a microscope. Demonstrates the parts of a microscope and includes an interactive form in which the magnifying...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Microscopy Primer: Anatomy of the Microscope
The premier web site on the physics of microscopy. Includes several pages and numerous Java applets about microscopes and refraction. Thorough, well-illustrated, interactive, fun, and educational. What more can one ask for?
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Basic Concepts in Optical Microscopy
This site explores the microscope in great detail. Content includes a focus on the microscope's basic functions (including a general diagram), the history of the microscope, each feature of the microscope, differing objectives,...
City University of New York
Cell Biology: An Interactive Journey
This interactive website about microscopes and microbes provides students with an introduction to cellular biology.
Museum of Science
Boston Museum of Science: Teacher Resources, Microscopes
The Boston Museum of Science has instructions on how to build a microscope, set up a microscope lab, taking samples, and making a collection.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Tools of Magnification
The invention of magnifiers that allow us to see things that are otherwise invisible to us has revolutionized science. In this lesson, students use several types of magnifiers to investigate magnification, and record their observations....
Florida State University
Florida State University: Introduction to Microscopy
A thorough introduction to the structure and function of microscopes. Identify types and parts of the scientific tool. Utilize interactives to strengthen understanding.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Microscopes and Forensic Science
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the parts of a microscope and how some types of microscopes are better than others for certain types of evidence analysis within the field of Forensic Science. A...
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Artist Creates Work From His Own Tears
Read about an art project in which an artist is using his own tears and a microscope to create works of art.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Microscopes Help Scientists Explore Hidden Worlds
This is a site full of information about various microscopes and the objects and processes scientists study with them. Includes timelines and interactive simulations.
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Amazing Cells [Pdf]
Multi-activity learning module in which students engage in learning about plant and animal cells through the use of microscopes.
Museum of Science
Mo S: Image Gallery of the Scanning Electron Microscope
At this resource you'll find everything from a mosquito head to a fly foot, from a dentist's drill to toilet paper! These and just about everything in between as seen through a scanning electron microscope.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Computer Microscope Simulator
This interactive computer microscope Java tutorial explores how the hardware (QX3 microscope) and computer software work together to produce digital images.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Science Games: The Parts of the Microscope
Look closely and see if you can identify the various parts of the microscope.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Imaging Technology Group: Virtual Microscope
After a free download, the Virtual Microscope simulates the experience of using an electron, light and scanning probe microscope. The microscope basics are also explained through a series of animations.
Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Museo Galileo: Multimedia: Origin and Development of the Microscope
A video describing the development of the light microscope, from the compound microscopes that consisted of two or more lenses to the simple microscope, which contained only one lens.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Wavelength, the Cave
This analogy story explains the manner in which the wavelength of light affects the maximum resolution of a microscope.
Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: An Introduction to Microscopy
An introduction to the world of the microscope. Includes information about the instrument and the subjects you can study through the microscope.