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Students predict, observe, and explain the details of salt as they view it under a variety of magnifications. They observe salt with the naked eye, and then under a hand lens, microscope, and the electron microscope. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students view salt under varied magnifications so students can begin to construct the understanding that materials may be composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students label the parts of a compound microscope. After studying cell structure and as a way to reinforce and simulate the concept of magnification, students create Microsoft PowerPoint slides containing one plant and one animal cell. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students make a microscope from a drop of water, learn the basic parts and functions of a compound microscope, prepare wet mount slides and view them under a microscope, and calculate magnification and field of view. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students make a simple microscope, learn some of the uses for and types of microscopy, calculate magnification and estimate sizes of objects, and prepare, observe and describe plant cells using a microscope. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine and label the parts of a microscope. They discover magnification as well. They draw and label a plant and animal cell and create a PowerPoint presentation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students observe a demonstration using colored water and bread, which shows them the effects concentrated toxins have on marine animals. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students interpret data to demonstrate biomass and number pyramids. They use information to draw conclusions and examine an example of biological magnification. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students magnify their digital artwork to develop their motor skills with a mouse. Using the artwork, they discover how to look at it from different perspectives. They answer discussion questions as they complete the activity. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students define the following terms: real image, virtual image, plane mirror, magnification, and ray diagram. They draw ray diagrams. Students identify some optical systems which produce either a real or a virtual image. They identify the characteristics of an image formed by a plane mirror. Full Review »
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