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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Microscopes and Forensic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Microscopes Help Scientists Explore Hidden Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site full of information about various microscopes and the objects and processes scientists study with them. Includes timelines and interactive simulations.
Graphic
Museum of Science

Mo S: Image Gallery of the Scanning Electron Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Microscopy Primer: Anatomy of the Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
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?
Interactive
Museum of Science

Boston Museum of Science: Teacher Resources, Microscopes

For Students 9th - 10th
The Boston Museum of Science has instructions on how to build a microscope, set up a microscope lab, taking samples, and making a collection.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Electron Microscope Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
The microscopes covered in depth at this site include the phase-contrast microscope, the electron microscope, and the scanning tunneling microscope. This site includes in-depth information on the microscopes, microscope simulators,...
Interactive
Other

University of Delaware: Virtual Compound Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual microscope is ideal for learning how to properly use a microscope. Users can turn knobs and dials, throw switches, move levers, change lenses, select a specimen, and adjust oculars. Watch the seven minute video for an...
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Microscope | Hobby Shop

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use a virtual biology lab to perform investigations and learn lab procedures using compound and dissecting microscopes to look at a variety of animal and plant cells.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Microscopes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A microscope is a tool used to make things that are too small to be seen by the human eye look bigger. Before microscopes were invented in 1595, the smallest things...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Light Microscope vs Electron Microscope: A Comparison

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the differences and similarities between a light microscope and an electron microscope. Discusses their structure, how images are formed, their resolution and magnification, how color is manifested, their portability, cost, and...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A Study of the Microscope and Its Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Uses illustrations with labels to complement a detailed examination of the parts and functions of a light microscope and an electron microscope.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Parts of the Microscope: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will illustrate the different parts that make up a microscope, and explain how it works. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Parts of the Microscope."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Microscope Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain why scientists need to adjust the position of objects under a microscope.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Compound Microscope: Basics, Functionality, and Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what a compound microscope is, the different parts, how it works, and what it is used for.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Types of Microscopes and Their Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the importance of the microscope to scientists and the many different types and what they are used for.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Microscope Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the parts of a compound microscope and view cells through this interactive lesson.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 1.6 Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of microscopes, and how they can help scientific investigation.
Interactive
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Imaging Technology Group: Virtual Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Types of Microscopes

For Students 9th - 10th
A program will help students determine differences and similarities of the structure and function of compound light microscopes, dissecting microscopes, scanning electron microscopes and transmitting electron microscopes.
Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Computer Microscope Simulator

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive computer microscope Java tutorial explores how the hardware (QX3 microscope) and computer software work together to produce digital images.
Interactive
Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Museo Galileo: Multimedia: Origin and Development of the Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to the Light Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a Microscope Internet Lab that can be used as a virtual lab for a whole class or as a make-up lab. The virtual microscope is a little more complicated than the microscope that is used in the labs but it will not be difficult to...
Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Microscopes

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Focus a virtual microscope and learn about the images microscopes produce on this site. Also included is a short quiz on microscopes.

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