CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Microscopes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A microscope is a tool used to make things that are too small to be seen by the human eye look bigger. Before microscopes were invented in 1595, the smallest things...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Introduction to the Light Microscope
This is a Microscope Internet Lab that can be used as a virtual lab for a whole class or as a make-up lab. The virtual microscope is a little more complicated than the microscope that is used in the labs but it will not be difficult to...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Broken Hearts
Zebrafish are used to study heart abnormalities. This lesson plan helps students understand how and why they are important scientific models. Includes handouts.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Model Organisms
Using model organisms is very important in scientific research. This lesson plan will help students see why the zebrafish, sea urchin, and fruit fly are commonly used.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Observing Different Microbes
Learners prepare slides of and examine three types of common microbes using a light microscope, recording what they observe. The lesson plan and a set of PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. An accompanying instructional video is 22 min....
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, young scholars use several types of magnifiers to investigate magnification, and record their...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: What's the Size of What You See?
In this instructional activity, you use microscope images to show how to use scale bars to measure very small things.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Elodea Explorations
In this lesson, students will investigate plant cells and microscope measurement together by using Elodea plants.
Michigan Reach Out
Guess What! A Lesson About Atoms
A lesson plan outlining a very simple way to introduce students to how the structure of the atom was determined. Uses a mystery box with surprise items inside.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Imaging Dna Structure
Students are introduced to the latest imaging methods used to visualize molecular structures and the method of electrophoresis that is used to identify and compare genetic code (DNA). Students should already have basic knowledge of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing Hidden Worlds Inside Your Body
How do we see things too small to be detected by the human eye? What about things inside our own bodies? Dee Breger uses a scanning electron microscope to give us a glimpse of images including blood clots, thyroid glands, and lungs with...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Particle Sensing: The Coulter Counter
Students are presented with a short lesson on the Coulter principle, an electronic method to detect microscopic particles and determine their concentration in fluid. Depending on the focus of study, students can investigate the...