The Usborne Complete

Book of the Microscope

Notebooking Pages

These pages were designed to go with The Usborne Complete

Book of the Microscope.

Pages 4, 5, 7, 12, 18, and 24 are slide pages. The student can

use these to draw what he sees when he looks at a slide

through the microscope.

Please note: This book briefly touches on topics

such as sperm, eggs, and fertilization.

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Two Types of Microscopes

Parts of an Optical Microscope

Do You See What I See?

Paper and Print

If you look at paper through a microscope . . .

Paste a piece of paper or print here. Draw what it looked like under the microscope.

Paste a piece of paper or print here. Draw what it looked like under the microscope.

How Do Microscopes Help Solve Crimes?

Under the Microscope: Human Body

Human Body Cells

Complete the “Cheek cells” activity. Draw what you see in the microscope.

Inside a Body Cell Draw and label a diagram of a cell.

Bacteria

What are viruses?

How do they grow?

Under the Microscope: Plant Parts

Dip and Rinse Method

Pulling Method

Making a Wet Mount

Making a Spore Print

Growing Mold

Under the Microscope: Creepy Crawlies

How Do You Make a Slide Trap?

Handy Hints for Insects

Legs

Eyes

Wings

Butterfly and Moth Wings

Handy Hints for Insects

Legs

Eyes

Wings

Butterfly and Moth Wings

How Do You Prepare an Insect for a Slide?

Be a Dust Detective! How do you collect samples of dust to look at?

Unwelcomed Guests

Dust Munchers Egg Menace

Bed Biter Wood Eater

Under the Microscope: Sand and Rocks

Viewing Rocks

How Do You View Crystal Samples?

Louis Pasteur

Robert Hooke

Take Care! How should you take care of

your microscope?