Angelica Marchini

Lesson date: 9/26

Course: Biology & Honors Biology

Length of period: 90 minutes

# of students: 18-33

I. Content

In this lesson, students will delve into cell theory via a hands on approach. After watching the movie,
Inside the Living Body, the students will begin to become familiar with microscopes to explore cellular
Biology. Throughout this lesson, they will explore how the microscope has allowed Biologists to discover
theory previously inaccessible before the implementation of microscopes, and discover how to use
microscopes themselves by looking at slides at various resolutions.

II. Standards

III. Prerequisites

Students are aware that cell is the basic unit of life. Students should understand that the study of cells
is one of the most important topics in Biology. Looking at a sample from an organism will yield images
of cells through the miscroscope, as that is the smallest unit.

Students will understand that like any technology, the microscope was developed over a long period of
time and was essential to analyzing small organisms

Students will be familiar with lab procedures, safety and will have signed a lab safety contract prior to
the start of this lab.

IV. Objectives

Students will be able to draw images of cells in a microscope at standard magnifications

V. Students will first complete a “do now” on microscope history, then watch videos on the
development of the technology. After the students have developed an interest in the
technology, they will explore how a microscope will allow them to see very small cells that
they ordinarily would not be able to see

5E Part of the Lesson: What Rationale: Expected Reactions: Teacher’s

(Note which phase of will the teacher and the students What purpose does each step, This is largely conjecture-driven and Anticipations:
the activity the step be doing? (Include specific question, task, or activity there may be multiple possible Include specific response
refers to) questions, tasks, or activities.) accomplish reactions for a given activity. to students’ reactions and
things to remember.
Engage Do now: microscopes Introduces topic in an Students will come in and Take care of
engaging way work on the do now classwork during the
do now
 Like many inventions there Students may not know the
are disputes in origins of answers or try to talk- ignore
the original inventors. The and take attendance
same dispute applies to
who invented the
____________________.
A father-son duo, Zacharias
and Han Jansen, are
credited
with__________________
the first microscope in the
1590s.
The earliest microscopes
were known as “flea
glasses” because they were
used to study small
___________________.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
created powerful lenses
that could see
_____________ in a drop
of water.
Robert Hooke discovered
_____________ by
studying the structure of a
cork under a microscope.
Researchers used
microscopes in 2013 to
demonstrate how
___________ could have
started.

Education videos
Lab Safety Notes
Explore Students will explore the
microscopes and draw in
different resolutions
Students need to know lab
safety before beginning the
lab
Students of all backgrounds
will be able to draw pictures
of images they see in
different resolutions
Students will copy down the It’s a quiz
notes
Students will draw pictures of Ensure students
what they see. Some continue completing
students may struggle and it’s the work
ok if their friends show them
how to do it.

The students will see the cells

but may struggle completing it
Explain Students will answer After exploring the ESL students may struggle Go to ELL students
questions about parts of the microscope, they will put with this part, but it’s to make sure they
microscope words to the parts they essentially matching picture- understand the work.
explored picture Rotate to the other
students to answer
questions about
working the
microscopes
Elaborate
Evaluate How do I change resolution Students will apply name One student will reply Have students cope
using the name of the parts and parts to their it down on their
paper
 understanding of
microscopes

VI. Follow up Assignments: Microscope parts if we run out of time, cell theory
VII. Materials and technology
a. Projector
b. Powerpoint
c. Youtube.com
d. Microscope
e. Slides
f. Lab safety notes, microscope history notes
g. Microscope lab worksheet, microscope parts worksheet
h. Octopus do now?
VIII. Assessment: quiz on lab safety, vocab from microscope will show up on the next quiz
IX. Differentation
Pictures to draw rather than word for ESL, videos as well as fill in the blanks for the do
now, movement for students that struggle with ADD, touching the microscope for
kinesthetic learners