Florida State University
Florida State University: Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy
An interactive Java tutorial that allows you to view several animals using electron microscopy. You are able to adjust the focus, contrast, brightness, and magnification to optimize specimen appearance.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing Hidden Worlds Inside Your Body
How do we see things too small to be detected by the human eye? What about things inside our own bodies? Dee Breger uses a scanning electron microscope to give us a glimpse of images including blood clots, thyroid glands, and lungs with...
Other
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy: Zoom In!
Zoom in on a black ant, a fruit fly, and a mosquito as they would look through a scanning electron microscope.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Use a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to observe electron behavior in an atomic-scale world. Walk through the principles of this technology step-by-step.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Ncem: Electron Micrographs
This site contains a gallery of scanning electron micrographs of non living substance.
Other
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy: Microscopy
A description of the three different types of microscopy: light, transmission electron, and scanning electron
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Studying Cells Tutorial: Size and Biology
Get an overview of light microscopes, scanning electron microscopes and transmission electron microscopes. There is also a brief description of sizes for several microscopic objects.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase:scanning Tunneling Microscopy
A learning module that investigates a powerful tool to observe and manipulate atoms called the scanning tunneling microscope.
Other
Science Stock Photography
This site has numerous pictures of microscopic images. It also has a search engine so you can find specific objects. Images were captured with light microscopes, as well as electron microscopes.
Other
Scimat: Foods Under the Microscope
A technical site that describes different types of microscopes and delves into the chemical makeup of milk, yogurt, various various types of microorganisms. Impressive pictures supplement the text. Links to images of microorganisms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Biodiversity Analyses and Unknowns
An activity to show how microscopes are used to reveal biodiversity.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig co-developed the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with Heinrich Rohrer. The STM allowed scientists entry into the atomic world in a new way and was a major advance in the field of nanotechnology. For their achievement,...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Virtual Microscopy
These interactive tutorials allow you to adjust the magnification and focus of the object. Requires Java.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Physics, Quantum Physics
A collection of simulations to show the important topics of quantum physics.
