LAB 1 : Microscopy

MICROSCOPY 

Carl Zeiss Medical microscope from 1880s.

This is a Guided Lab Inquiry: The emphasis is on you exploring the topic. You will be use of the key tool for microbiology; the microscope. 

 There are a variety of microscopes and techniques; LM, TEM, SEM, oil immersion, etc.  You will use digital microscopes that will allow you to measure and photograph microscopic specimens.  You will be making slides, viewing slides with preserved specimens, and viewing live organisms.  Web research is a typical part of Lab Inquiries.  Many electronmicrograph images are available on the web, as well as information about the things you are viewing.

PART A: Review of the Light Microscope

                        Introduction:  Proper use of the Light Micoscope

                       BioMedTech Graduates : PART A:  Alternative Lab for Students who have completed BioMedTech 

                                                       NOTE:  BioMedTech Should complete Parts B&C also.

PART B: Digital Microscopy and Micrometer Measurements

                        Use of the MotiCam Digital Microscope

                             Do review the use of the digital microscope, and assist others.  

1. Get two digital images (one of each ):  Plant  and Protist slide  at low or medium power,  ( SOME SAMPLES ARE TOO THICK for high power... Do not use HP)

2. Measure one structure in um ( micrometers) for each image.  Do label the image with an identification and  magnification and label the structure.

PART C: Electronmicroscopy and the Physical Limits of Light Microscopy: Documents

Be sure to know :

1.0 x 10-6= 1.0 micrometer       

1 micrometer is one millionth of a meter, or    0.000001 m 

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1.0 x 10-9 = 1.0 nanometer

1 nanometer is one billionth of a meter, or     0.000000001 m

                                 The Proper use of a Microscope:

                   Lab Report Rubric: Document 

PART D: Quiz