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ACTIVITY # 1
PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
OBJECTIVES:
1. To identify the parts and functions of the light compound microscope
2. To know how to handle and use the microscope properly.
MATERIALS:
→ A compound microscope, lens or tissue paper
PROCEDURE:
1. Your teacher is going to demonstrate before the class the proper ways of handling the
microscope from the time you get it from the counter until you place it down on the lab
table. She will also point out the various parts of the microscope and how they are
supposed to be manipulated.
2. After having been shown all the parts of the compound microscope, you are now
expected to be able to point them out in your own microscope.
3. Identify first the larger parts of the microscope which are the ARM, BASE, BODY TUBE
and the STAGE.
8. Try to move the mirror in all directions. Towards what direction can it face?
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9. With both eyes open, look into the ocular with your left eye. At the same time, adjust
the mirror so that the field of view is brightest. PRACTICE LOOKING THROUGH THE
MICROSCOPE WITH BOTH EYES OPEN.
WITH THESE, YOU ARE NOW READY TO RETURN THE MICROSCOPE TO THE
COUNTER.
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15. Label each of the following parts on the diagram of a compound microscope.