A Web-Based Simulation for Students Learning to use a Compound Microscope

 

Robert Ketcham and Becky Kinney

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2005, Volume 26

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Abstract

Many students, on being introduced to the compound microscope, will put their eyes to the oculars before putting the specimen in a position that gives them a fair chance of successful viewing. This unhappy situation will be recurrent unless the instructor can intervene one-on-one, which is difficult to do in many class situations. We created a digital microscope to help instructors teach the basics of using a compound microscope.

Keywords:  microscope, microscopy

Bowling Green State University, Ohio (2004)

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