1. (Parts of a microscope)
What are organisms made of?
Developing: Identify the parts of a microscope.
Secure: Prepare a specimen slide.
Exceeding: Write a method for preparing a slide.
Entrance Activity
Using yellow sticky notes, label all of the parts of your microscope. Use the image to the right to help you.
Tool box – Key Words
Biopsy
Microscope
Magnify
Stain
Specimen
(Parts of a microscope)

2. Parts of a Microscope
Learning Activity
Complete the microscope labelling activity sheet in your booklet. Once you have labelled all of the different parts of the microscope, try and match up the parts with their function.
Eye piece
Objective lens
Diaphragm
Coarse Focus

3. (Parts of a microscope)
What are organisms made of?
Developing: Identify the parts of a microscope.
Secure: Prepare a specimen slide.
Exceeding: Write a method for preparing a slide.
Entrance Activity
Using yellow sticky notes, label all of the parts of your microscope. Use the image to the right to help you.
Tool box – Key Words
Biopsy
Microscope
Magnify
Stain
Specimen
(Parts of a microscope)

4. Using a Microscope
Learning Activity
Open your year 7 textbook to page 16. Collect one of the slides from the front of the class room and attempt to observe it by following the method given in your text book.
Health and Safety
Be aware, microscope are very heavy and can easily hurt you if they fall of the table. Try to keep your microscope in the middle of your table at all times.

5. Preparing a slide
Learning Activity
Open your year 7 textbook to page 17. Collect an onion slice from the front of the classroom and follow the “preparing a specimen” method. It’s time to find out what organisms are made of.
What can you see?
In your notebook, draw a diagram of what you can see under the microscope. The compare work with your partner.

6. (Parts of a microscope)
What are organisms made of?
Developing: Identify the parts of a microscope.
Secure: Prepare a specimen slide.
Exceeding: Write a method for preparing a slide.
Entrance Activity
Using yellow sticky notes, label all of the parts of your microscope. Use the image to the right to help you.
Tool box – Key Words
Biopsy
Microscope
Magnify
Stain
Specimen
(Parts of a microscope)

7. Student Reading Activity
What are organisms made of?
Onion cells
Cells
Cells are very small. They are the basic building blocks of all animals and plants. These photographs show cells seen through a microscope. Cells join together to form tissues and different tissues form together to make your organs. (Heart, lung and kidney)
Cheek cells

8. Method
Home learning/
Extension activity
“A method is a set of scientific instructions which can be followed to perform a particular task.”
Produce a method for using a microscope. The method needs to be for the experiment you previously completed and should have all of the different aspects in the success criteria.
Success Criteria
Clear step by step method is produced.
Every step is numbered.
Key pieces of equipment are identified in the method.
Some aspects or health and safety are included.

9. (Parts of a microscope)
What are organisms made of?
Developing: Identify the parts of a microscope.
Secure: Prepare a specimen slide.
Exceeding: Write a method for preparing a slide.
Entrance Activity
Using yellow sticky notes, label all of the parts of your microscope. Use the image to the right to help you.
Tool box – Key Words
Biopsy
Microscope
Magnify
Stain
Specimen
(Parts of a microscope)

10. Plenary
True or False
Check your learning by completing the true or false learning sheet. If any of the statements are incorrect, write the correct statement beneath it.
Extension Activity
Once you have completed the above task, try and think up 5 of your own True or false statements.