Observe through a light microscope and obtain your own conclusions... how do things look different when observed through a microscope? Observing is very different from looking. In this lab you are asked to carefully OBSERVE to draw your own conclusions. How do things appear under a microscope? Colours, shapes, sizes, patterns... identify as many differences as possible! Read the textbook to complete your understanding and then... complete the quiz!
Observe some prepared slides... can you navigate easily through the slide? What do you see?
How big is what you see?
Microscope calibration: what is the size of the FOV in your microscope?
Once the microscope is calibrated, a specimen size can be estimated. Would you be able to estimate cell size of a prepared tissue sample?