Using a Microscope
Use a light microscope correctly to prepare, focus, and examine biological specimens, including making accurate labelled drawings at an appropriate magnification
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If your child had to use a school microscope to study a biological specimen, could they set it up correctly, find what they're looking for, and produce a labelled scientific drawing of what they see?
Use a light microscope correctly to prepare, focus, and examine biological specimens, including making accurate labelled drawings at an appropriate magnification
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- Sets up a light microscope safely and correctly (course focus then fine focus)
- Prepares a wet mount slide with a biological specimen (e.g. onion skin)
- Calculates the magnification of an image (magnification = image size ÷ actual size)
- Draws an accurate labelled diagram of observed cells with a scale
“If your child had to use a school microscope to study a biological specimen, could they set it up correctly, find what they're looking for, and produce a labelled scientific drawing of what they see?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 11–12
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