Microscope

= Microscope =

Microscope Lesson 1
1) Go to "Scanning Electron Microscope" and observe 10 specimens. In full sentences record the names of 5 specimens and describe one interesting or surprising feature about each.

Microscope Lesson 2
Go to "Scanning Electron Microscope" and observe two diatoms and one pollen grain. Answer the questions below in full sentences. Use your textbook or search the internet to answer the following. 1) What is a diatom? 2) Where can diatoms be found? 3) How big are diatoms? 4) What is pollen? 5) Where can pollen be found? 6) How big are pollen grains?

Microscope Lesson 3
Go to onion root mitosis. Use your textbook or search the internet to answer the following. 1) Describe the cell shape of the onion root. 2) What organelle can you see inside? 3) What is mitosis?

Microscope Lesson 4
Go to depth of field and look at an insect leg. The microscope has a narrow depth of field. This means only a narrow flat plane can be in focus at one time. 1) What changes as you change the focus?

[|Depth of Field]
2) Go to moth wing and describe the scales found on the wing of a moth.

[|Moth Wing]
3) How large was VanLeeuwenhoek's microscope?