The components of a microscope

Principle

 While small items and living beings can be magnified by up to 15 times with a magnifying glass, it is necessary to use a light microscope to magnify by 40x to 400x, with particularly powerful microscopes even 1000x.

Benefits

• Experiment is part of a complete solution set with a total of 50 experiments for all microscopy applications
• With student worksheet, appropriate for all class levels
• With detailed instructor information, incl. sample microscopy image
• Optimized for tight schedules, i.e. minimum preparation time required
• Microscopy solution set specifically designed to include all required accessories
• Content available with matching multimedia files

Tasks

1. Naming the components of the microscope
2. Preparations before using the microscope
3. Using the microscope
4. Watching a simple object under a microscope 

Learning objectives

• Learn the basics of microscopy in a systematic way
• Know the components of a microscope
• Operate a microscope