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

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)