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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X – Northern Mindanao
Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro City
CAGAYAN DE ORO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-JUNIOR HIGH
28th St., Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (LAS)

GRADE 7

Name: Date: Score:

Subject : SCIENCE 7
Lesson Title : MICROSCOPY: A glimpse at the history of the Microscope
Learning Competency : Identify parts of the microscope and their functions

Reference: : Science 7 Learner’s Material; http://www.arrsd.org/wp-

content/uploads/2019/01/History-of-Microscope.pdf
Comprehension Task: Read and answer in COMPLETE sentences in the spaces of each item.

Compound Microscopes are made up of several lenses that magnify an object that cannot usually
be seen in the naked eye. It is called a compound microscope because it has more than one lens.
Galileo Galilei is credited with inventing one of the first compound microscopes in the year 1625.

1. Why is it called a compound microscope?

2. Who invented the first compound microscope?

3. When did Galileo invented the first microscope?

Ven Leeuwenhoek’s Early Microscope

Leeuwenhoek’s early microscope was called a simple microscope because it only used one lens. This kind of
simple microscope was much like a magnifying glass that you might use to look at an insect or picture. This way
of looking at things is limited and is what enticed people to create the compound microscope, which uses more
lenses. The word microscope is a combination of two words “micro” meaning small and “scope” meaning view.
4. What did Leeuwenhoek invent?

5. How many lenses did his invention use?

6. Why did people choose to improve his design by adding more lenses?

7. What does ‘micro’ mean?

8. What does ‘scope’ mean?

Leeuwenhoek was not the first person to build a microscope, but the microscopes that he did build were the
best ones for that time period. Leeuwenhoek was the first person to describe bacteria and helped to prove
the theory of blood circulation. He gained much of his inspiration from reading Robert Hooke’s book,
Micrographia. Hooke was the person who discovered and named cells.
9. Was Leeuwenhoek the first person to build a microscope?

10. Where did Leeuwenhoek get a lot of inspiration for his work?

11. Who discovered and named cells?

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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region X – Northern Mindanao
Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro City
CAGAYAN DE ORO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-JUNIOR HIGH
28th St., Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (LAS)

GRADE 7

Name: Date: Score:

Subject : SCIENCE 7
Lesson Title : MICROSCOPY: A glimpse at the history of the Microscope
Learning Competency : Identify parts of the microscope and their functions

Reference: : Science 7 Learner’s Material; http://www.arrsd.org/wp-

content/uploads/2019/01/History-of-Microscope.pdf

KEY ANSWER
1. It is called a compound microscope because it has more than one lens
2. The first compound microscope was invented by Galileo Galilei
3. Galileo invented the first compound microscope in the year 1625
4. He invented the simple microscope
5. His invention uses one lens only
6. It is limited
7. It means small
8. It means view
9. No
10. Robert Hooke’s book Micrographia
11. Robert Hooke

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