PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Microscope Activity
Explore the parts of a compound microscope and view cells through this interactive lesson.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Tools of Magnification
The invention of magnifiers that allow us to see things that are otherwise invisible to us has revolutionized science. In this lesson, students use several types of magnifiers to investigate magnification, and record their observations....
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: What's the Size of What You See?
In this lesson, you use microscope images to show how to use scale bars to measure very small things.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Making Bath Salts for Mother's Day, a Primary Chemistry Lesson
What do you know about salt? In this chemistry lesson, students will learn different things about salt: the chemical name, it's periodic table number, it's shape under the microscope, how it dissolves in water, and how to make a mixture...