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Using a Compound Light Microscope
Laboratory
Virtual Microbiology Classroom of Science Prof Online
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
Microscopy Lab Materials
This is the main page for the Microscopy Laboratory Topic of an 8-week introductory college microbiology class. The following links will take you to the Virtual Microbiology Classroom documents that you will need to prepare for lab.
The Microscopy Lab materials include:
- Lab Exercise & Report word documents
- a Laboratory PowerPoint
- lab notes articles
- links to images related to the lab
- additional links that support the lab materials
MICROSCOPY LABORATORY POWERPOINTS
The lab PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom support the material in the related Lab Exercise & Report, and are designed to help introduce students to each lab topic.
HELPFUL TIPS: Some of the PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a few moments to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection. If you are printing a hard copy of the PowerPoint, you can save paper by selecting Handouts (rather than Slides) in the "Print What:" drop down menu of the PPT print screen. Then you can choose the number of slides you want to have on each printed page. If the printed PPT presentation is to be used as student notes, it is best to choose handouts with 2 or 3 slides per page.
MICROSCOPY LAB EXERCISE & REPORT
Each laboratory topic has an associated Word document. The Lab Exercise portion of the document provides a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed instructions on how to complete the lab exercise.
- Lab Exercise & Report #1: Microscopy - version for inserting micrographs (HCR120)
- Lab Exercise & Report #1: Microscopy - version for recording hand drawn images
Students must carefully read the associated Lab Exercise & Report before participating in lab. A quiz will take place at the start of most labs to ensure students are prepared. See syllabus for the schedule of quizzes and due dates for assignments.
MICROSCOPY LABORATORY IMAGES
The images linked here directly relate to the lab exercise and are designed to help students review and study that lab material while outside of lab.
MICROSCOPY LAB NOTES
Here are brief summaries of some of the various subtopics and concepts introduced in this laboratory, kind of like really good lab notes.
HELPFUL LINKS ON HOW TO USE A MICROSCOPE
Links to useful articles, animations and videos to help students better understand this laboratory exercise.
- How to Use a Compound Microscope video by the TCCMediaCrew that is very helpful in reviewing what you learned about the microscope in lab.
- Microscope Mania crossword puzzle.
- Microscopic Pond Life, an extremely cool collection of videos of a variety of microscopic pond life to the tune of Radiohead’s “Kid A”.
- How to Prepare a Microsope Slide of Bacteria, July 30, 2008.
- Prokaryotic Cell interactive diagram from Cells Alive website.
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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.
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Page last updated: 3/2012
- Microbiology 101 TextVook (Fun animated textbook.)
- Biology & Microbiology app from QuizMe.com
- Basic Microbiology Lab Techniques by TouchApp
- Microbiology Pronunciations from HippoSoft LLC
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