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🔬 How to use a microscope as evidence

Move from magnification and focusing to scale bars, fluorescence, electron microscopy, and quantitative field sampling.

10
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~10 min
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🔬 Science
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Adults
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What you’ll learn

  1. Scale
  2. Lenses
  3. Preparation
  4. Focus
  5. Illumination
  6. Field of view
  7. Scale bars
  8. Fluorescence
  9. Electron microscopy
  10. Data

Questions this course answers

What is resolution?

Resolution determines whether close structures appear as separate objects.

Why begin on low power?

Low power makes locating and centering the specimen easier.

What does a scale bar provide?

The bar converts image distances into specimen distances.

What does fluorescence require?

Fluorescent tags emit detectable light after appropriate excitation.

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