Cells and Microscopes

Cells and Microscopes:

Cells are studies using microscopes -

⦁Microscopes use lenses to magnify things (make them bigger).

⦁Light microscopes can be used to look at cells. They let you see some sub-cellular strucures, e.g. chloroplasts and the nucleus.

Preparing your specimen -

⦁Take a thin slice of your specimen (the thing your looking at).

⦁Take a clean slide and use a pipette to put one drop of water in the middle of it.

⦁Then use tweezers to place your…