INVENTIONS

Look at your hands.

Are there
microorganisms?
Can you see them?
•Bring out your
cellphones
•Take some pictures
•Zoom in the picture
Show a video
presentation of the
parts of the
microscope.
 ACTIVITY 1
The Compound
Microscope
Study the picture
and identify the
parts of microscope.
 Guide
Questions:
1. What is
microscope?
Answer: Microscope is an
instrument used to see
tiny objects or living
organisms cannot be seen
by the naked eye.
2. What are the
parts of the
microscope?
Answer: eyepiece, body tube,
revolving nosepiece, objectives,
coarse adjustment knob, fine
adjustment knob, arm, inclination
joint, pillar, mirror, iris diaphragm,
condenser, stage, stage clip, and
base
3. What have you
observed with the
eyepiece and
objectives?
Answer: It has
lens.
1. What is a
microscope?
 2. Who
discovered the
microscope?
3. Who is the
father of
microscope?
4. What are the
parts of the
microscope?
Microscope is an
instrument used to see
tiny object or living
organisms cannot be seen
by the naked eye.
1590: Two Dutch spectacle-
makers and father-and-son
team, Hans and Zacharias
Janssen, create the first
microscope.
 Antonie van
Leeuwenhoek
- the Father of the
Microscope. He had
discovered bacteria.
•1675: Enter Anton van
Leeuwenhoek, who used a
microscope with one lens to
observe insects and other
specimen. Leeuwenhoek was
the first to observe bacteria.
18th century: As technology
improved, microscopy became
more popular among scientists.
Part of this was due to the
discovery that combining two
types of glass reduced the
chromatic effect.
The parts of microscope are:
eyepiece, body tube, revolving
nosepiece, low power objective,
high power objective, oil immersion
objective, stage, stage clip, arm,
inclination joint, mirror, iris
diaphragm, condenser and base
Using a compound
microscope, let the
students identify the
parts of the microscope
that they knew.
How useful or
important do you think
is the invention of
microscope?
The invention of the microscope has
opened up a whole new dimension in
science. By using microscopes scientists
were able to discover the existence of
microorganisms, study the structure of
cells, and see the smallest parts of plants,
animals, and fungi.