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How to Use a Compound Light Microscope
Laboratory Exercise
MICROSCOPY LAB DOCUMENTS
The Lab Exercise Instructions are the main resource required for students to understand and complete this exercise. They provide a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed directions on how to complete the exercise. The Lab Report Assignment is the homework that students complete and turn in.
- Lab #1: Microscopy Lab Exercise INSTRUCTIONS
- Lab #1: Microscopy Lab Report ASSIGNMENT
Additional Lab #1 Documents:
- Microbiology Lab Safety & Signature Page
- Instructions for Using the Leica Microscope Camera LAS EZ Software
MICROSCOPY LABORATORY POWERPOINTS
The Lab PowerPoints are used to introduce the material in the related Lab Exercise Instructions & Report Assignment.
- Lab #1: Basic Microscopy Lab PowerPoint Show
- Lab #1: Basic Microscopy Lab PowerPoint PDF Printout
Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.
SCIENCE PHOTOS
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2/2016
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MICROSCOPY LABORATORY IMAGES
The images linked here directly relate to the lab exercise and are designed to help students review and study that lab material while outside of lab.
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Lab #1: Microscopy Lab Materials
This is the main page for the Microscopy Laboratory Topic of an 8-week introductory college microbiology class, part of the materials available from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. This page contains links to documents, PPTs and videos that students need in order to prepare for this lab exercise.
VIDEO: Tutorial on Compound Light Microscope Parts & Operation
MORE LINKS ON MICROSCOPE USE
- "How big is a...?" animation from Cells Alive.
- Resolving Power Line illustration of what can be seen with different microscopes from Nobelproze.org.
- Microscopic Measurement: How Big Is that Object in the Microscope? from VirtualUrchin.
- How to Use a Compound Microscope video by the TCCMediaCrew that is very helpful in reviewing what you learned about the microscope in lab.
- Light Microscopy Basics from the Beckman Institute.
- Microscope Mania crossword puzzle.
- Microscopic Pond Life Main Page: Observations, Activities & Guide to Tiny Freshwater Organisms from Science Prof Online.
- Microscopic Pond Life, an extremely cool collection of videos of a variety of microscopic pond life to the tune of Radiohead’s “Kid A”.
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED LAB READINGS
- What Is an Electron Microscope? TEM and SEM Basics
MICROSCOPY LAB VIDEOS
The Microscopy Lab materials include:
- Lab Exercise & Report word documents
- Laboratory PowerPoint
- Videos and photos of lab procedures
- Additional required lab readingsrequired lab readings
NOTE: Students must review all material in categories highlighted with red titles PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAB in order to be prepared to participate.
You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.
Human cheek cells magnified 400xTM.
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