Students research living organisms by exploring their school grounds. In this microscopic observation lesson, students gather materials, insects, and objects from their playground and schoolyard and bring them into class. Students...

Students explore the parts of a microscope. In this microscope activity, students examine simple and compound microscopes. Students discover how the parts of a microscope work together to generate an image.

Students explore organisms and botany by utilizing microscopes. In this microscopic research instructional activity, students define many plant and organism related vocabulary terms such as conifers, moss and spores. Students view spores...

Ninth graders share what they know about cells. In this biology lesson, 9th graders study different microscopic images of the cell. They draw one and explain to their partner why they chose that image.