Microscope Webquest

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Directions 1. Take out a
piece of notebook paper. |
| Start here - Microscope History |
| 1. Who
was the first man to make and use a real microscope? 2. How many lenses does a compound microscope have? |
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3. Go to the The Virtual Scope and practice using the microscope. What did you like or not like about this site?
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| 4. Practice labeling the microscope here. How many did you get correct on the first time? |
| 5. Practice using an online digital microscope here Draw a picture of the 3 year old stem (hint - it is plant tissue). |

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Go to the Scanning Electron Microscope Click on HOW THE SEM Works.Then View the Slide show then answer the following questions. 6. What do scanning
electron microscopes use to magnify their images?
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| 9. Try
to correctly match all 10 SEM images at
SEM Images. List your score out of 10 that you got correct.
Which image was the most interesting?
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Check out the images at the
Magnification Module - List which sample and at which power of
magnification you thought was the most interesting.
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| 11. Now
look at images from a stereoscope at
Stereoscopic Zoom. List which specimen you thought was the most
interesting to look at.
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| 12.
Look at the images
here. What color are the zebra fish cells?
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Make a list from 1-24. Without looking at the answers, guess what
the mystery
pictures are. Once you are done - click on the answers and see
how well you did. Write your score out of 24. (These are the same
pictures from the Microscope Stations)
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Done Early??
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