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VIRTUAL SCIENCE TEACHERS
Microscope Lab
How it works
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Choose a slide
Cheek
Animal
Onion
Plant
Leaf
Plant
Paramecium
One cell
Bacteria
Tiny cells
LOOK THROUGH THE EYEPIECE
Cheek cells
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Watch it move
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Choose a slide. Make it clear. Look closely.
Microscope
Parts of a compound microscope
Eyepiece: the lens at the top that you look through. Objective: the lens above the slide. Stage: the platform that holds the slide. This microscope uses a mirror beneath the stage to direct light upward.
Eyepiece
Objective
Stage
Cell parts
About this sample
Take a picture
Watch it move
Describe view
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