Microscopes and How to Use a Light Microscope

Explore how to use a light microscope with the Amoeba Sisters! Includes microscope parts, how to use, and some helpful tips! Additionally, this video introduces a few types of light microscopes as well as electron microscopes. Expand these details for table of contents and more information.
Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
0:55 Magnification and Resolution
1:49 Light Microscopes
2:50 Electron Microscopes
3:34 Parts of a Light Microscope
5:51 Using the Light Microscope (how to focus and calculating total magnification)
7:28 Additional Microscope Tips
8:02 Clean-Up Check
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Most of our videos have a table of contents (as well as additional info!) if you expand the video details. But we thought we'd put the table of contents here as well to make it easier to navigate. As always, if we find any typos or clarification concerns---we add it to this pinned comment. :)
Table of Contents:
0:55 Magnification and Resolution
1:49 Light Microscopes
2:50 Electron Microscopes
3:34 Parts of a Light Microscope
5:51 Using the Light Microscope (how to focus and calculating total magnification)
7:28 Additional Microscope Tips
8:02 Clean-Up Check

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