[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the microscope. It focuses on the parts of the microscope and their functions.

A thorough introduction to the structure and function of microscopes. Identify types and parts of the scientific tool. Utilize interactives to strengthen understanding.

Site is simply a picture of a microscope that has numbers that correspond with each part of it. No answers are provided. A good reproducible if you are looking for a detailed view of the different microscope parts.

A series of pages explaining how microscopes work, the parts of a microscopes, the techniques of using a microscope, and other useful information.

After learning about what pollen is, its health effects, as well as how it benefits humans, learners take part in a lab activity. For this, they collect schoolyard pollen on slides, stain it, and then examine it under a microscope.

This web resource provides basic information about structure and function of plant organelles through a large interactive cell drawing, as well as many opportunities to explore further. Links lead the learner to several short movies of...

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...

The focus of this site is the anatomy of the eye. The site include diagrams and slides showing details at the light microscope and electron microscope level.

Imagine having a microscopic camera so small that you could travel inside a cell. This interactive site allows you to do just that. Click on any one of eight individual parts of the cell--cell membrane, nucleus, DNA, RNA, ribosome,...

This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) activity explores the controversy over whether or not there is life on Mars. Part of the Mysteries of Deep Space Program that originally aired in April 1997, the activity includes instructional...

Students use guided scientific observation using a collection of models, visual material, and microscope slides to identify cell organelles. Then they demonstrate their understanding of the parts/characteristics of cells by identifying...