Microscope WebQuest
On a sheet of paper, please title it Microscope WebQuest, and create sub headers for the following questions. Use the sites to answer your questions, make sure that you answer your questions in complete sentences.
History of Microscopes
Directions: Use the link above to answer the following questions on your paper.
1. Who was the first man to make and use a microscope?
2. What was his microscope called?
3. How many microscopes did he create in his lifetime?
4. How can you change the power of a single-lens microscope?
5. How was the first compound microscope different from Leeuwenhoek’s microscope?
6. Where are the two lenses located in a compound microscope used in most classrooms today?
7. What did each of the following scientists discover by using a compound microscope?
a. Robert Hooke
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Robert Koch
1. Who was the first man to make and use a microscope?
2. What was his microscope called?
3. How many microscopes did he create in his lifetime?
4. How can you change the power of a single-lens microscope?
5. How was the first compound microscope different from Leeuwenhoek’s microscope?
6. Where are the two lenses located in a compound microscope used in most classrooms today?
7. What did each of the following scientists discover by using a compound microscope?
a. Robert Hooke
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Robert Koch
Magnification Module
Directions: Use the link above to answer the following questions on your paper.
1. Select "Apollo Moon Rock" from the pop-up menu. View the rock at each of the different
magnifications. Choose three other items from the list and view at the different magnifications.
(a) At which power do you see the greatest detail?
(b) At which power do you see the largest amount of the sample?
(c) At which power do you see the smallest amount of the sample?
2. What do you notice about the image as you increase the magnification?
1. Select "Apollo Moon Rock" from the pop-up menu. View the rock at each of the different
magnifications. Choose three other items from the list and view at the different magnifications.
(a) At which power do you see the greatest detail?
(b) At which power do you see the largest amount of the sample?
(c) At which power do you see the smallest amount of the sample?
2. What do you notice about the image as you increase the magnification?
Powers of Ten
Directions: Use the link above to answer the following questions on your paper. Important information (If you need to stop the Powers of Ten display, click the Auto/Manual button under the picture to display arrows that will allow you to go back to the first slide or move ahead.)
1. What is the first thing you see? ____________________ How far away is it?___________________
2. What is the last thing you see? _________________ How much is it magnified? ________________
3. Write two to three sentences to summarize your observations of the Powers of Ten animation.
1. What is the first thing you see? ____________________ How far away is it?___________________
2. What is the last thing you see? _________________ How much is it magnified? ________________
3. Write two to three sentences to summarize your observations of the Powers of Ten animation.