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Parts of a Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology lesson, students label and identify the different parts of a microscope. They complete 16 short answer questions about each part's function and complete 12 review questions in the end.
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Microscopes Magnify Things

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
After examining a short article about light microscopes, readers record their responses to a series of comprehension questions based on the text.
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Human Cheek Cell

For Students 8th - 10th
Get up close and personal with human cells with this lab worksheet. Learners use a microscope to examine their own cheek cells, drawing diagrams of the cells and identifying the parts when they have focused in on a visible specimen....
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Microscope Parts Word Search Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students locate the names of 6 parts to a microscope in a word search puzzle. One of the words in the word bank is spelled wrong.
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Apple Anatomy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore produce by examining an apple in class. For this microscopic food lesson, students slice an apple in a specific manner so they can fit it onto a slide and view it through a microscope. Students identify the different...
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Microscope Investigation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore physical science by participating in a science examination. In this microscope tutorial instructional activity, students read the book The Naked Eye and discuss the purpose for using a microscope in the field of...
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Examining Pond Life

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students collect and examine microscopic life from a local pond. In this biology lesson, students examine local pond water, searching for protozoa, with the use of a microscope. Students identify the various life forms in their slides...
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I Breath What? Activity-Pollution Detector Worksheet

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this pollution worksheet, students collect particles using a pollution detector and then observe their results under the microscope.  They calculate the average number of particles collected in three different locations. They draw...
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Plant and Animal Cells - Are they Different?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars observe the similarities and differences between plant and animal cells. In this cell activity, students use microscopes to observe self prepared slides of animal and plant cells.
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Life Through a Microscope

For Students 7th
In this microscope usage worksheet, 7th graders complete an introduction packet that takes them through several lab activities that helps introduce and familiarize them with using the microscope.
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This exam touches upon every topic within the typical first year biology course.. A broad variety of question styles give high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is...
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What Does Life Look Like Under a Microscope?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover cells make up all living things. In this life science instructional activity, students investigate living organisms and the cells that create them. Finally the young scholars create a testable question, conduct an...
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Exploring Magnification and the Micro-world

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine what magnification is and does. In this microscope and magnification lesson plan, students listen to a reading of Greg's Microscope by Millicent E. Selson which explains what a microscope does. They talk about...
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Focusing on Lenses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore scientific observations by examining the parts of a microscope. In this optics lesson plan, students discuss the importance of a focal point and focal distance when utilizing an optical device such as a microscope....
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Defining the Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine microscopic life by conducting a scientific investigation. In this cell analysis instructional activity, students define the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and discuss their word origins. Learners view each type of...
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Measuring Permeability of Soil, Sand and Gravel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the different materials in their environment.  In this geology lesson, students collaborate in groups to examine the differences in sand, soil and gravel.  Students utilize a magnifying glass or microscope and record...
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Lenses

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore vision by experimenting with lenses in equipment. In this optics instructional activity, students define the different technology that enhances vision such as microscopes, telescopes and cameras. Students experiment with...
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Urban Life: What Lives in Our Schoolyard?

For Teachers K - 7th
Students research living organisms by exploring their school grounds. In this microscopic observation activity, students gather materials, insects, and objects from their playground and schoolyard and bring them into class. Students...
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Micro-Organisms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate microscopic life by viewing video clips.  In this organisms instructional activity, students view photographs and video clips on the internet of micro-organisms and discuss the harms and benefits of the creatures. ...
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It's Just a Phase They're Going Through!

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, learners write about the stages of mitosis. Students prepare an onion slide and examine the cell.Learners draw about the stages they see.
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Microscopy Exercises

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore organisms and botany by utilizing microscopes. In this microscopic research lesson, students define many plant and organism related vocabulary terms such as conifers, moss and spores. Students view spores and other...
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Creating a Universally Designed Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars investigate plant cells. In this multiple intelligences lesson, students engage in a variety of activities to foster an understanding of plant cells and how they work. Young scholars read, write, observe, and role-play...
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DNA Extraction

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore biology by participating in a fun science experiment. In this DNA instructional activity, students discuss what DNA is and where it comes from. Students utilize two bananas, a blender and a microscope to view the DNA of...
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Understanding Cells

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify and define several related vocabulary terms. Students complete a short lab and complete the questions. Students create a cell crossword puzzle and play cell computer games through the included links.

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