Microscope Experiments

1. Microscope Activities Teaching Tip
With the directions here and in our Introductory Microscope Experiments Science Project, you can get started right away making your own microscope slides!

2. Introductory Microscope Experiments
To learn more about how the optics of a microscope work, try this experiment: look through a section of a newspaper and find a word that has the letter ?e.

3. CR Scientific: Helpful Articles: Microscope Experiments
This is another classic experiment from the earliest days of microscopy. The appearance of pond organisms from seemingly pure water and hay (which was often