Please write the learning target and warm up question/answer in your science notebook.

9/29/22

Warm Up Question:

Why do we use microscopes?

My Answer:

Learning Target:

Students will be able to distinguish between living and nonliving things.

Success Criteria:

• List 6 characteristics of living things
• Successfully manipulate pictures into living and nonliving categories.

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Agenda

Planner

• Warm Up
• Microscope parts
• Use microscope to look at slides. Calculate magnification and draw.
• Kahoot

• Review microscope parts

How do we know living things are made of cells?

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A scientist by the name of Robert Hooke looked at a cork under a microscope and saw this!

• What do you see in Hooke's picture to the left?

Comparing Hooke’s Microscope to Ours Today!

Practice Quiz

https://www.sporcle.com/games/MacHater/parts-of-a-microscope

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Magnification ________x

How to use a Microscope

1. Always carry the microscope holding the arm with on hand and supporting the base with the other hand.
2. Never touch the lens
3. Focus first with coarse adjustment and low-power objective.
4. Once the object is in focus on low power, turn the nosepiece to get a closer view. When using the high- power objective ONLY use the fine adjustment to focus.
5. When finished turn off the microscope and return the objective to low-power and lower the stage.

Practice

Pick three different slides to observe under the microscope. Observe under all magnifications. Draw in detail all three slides and write down the magnification of each slide.

Kahoot

Wet mount- Letter e

Google Classroom

Microscope Questions