A Different Perspective

AN INTERNET HUNT WHICH EXPLORES THE HISTORY

AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE

 

Use the following links to answer the questions.

Links:

• About.com

• A-Z Microscope

• Microbus

• Southwest Schools History of the Microscope

• Wikipedia

 

1.      Who was the first well-known user of the single lens microscope?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.      Who was the first well-known user of the compound microscope?

 

 

 

 

3.      What type of lens contributed to the improvement of the early microscopes?

 

 

 

 

4.      Name the 5 types of microscopes and list a distinguishing characteristic of each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.      Which microscope utilizes a gold coating to produce a 3-D image?

 

 

 

 

6.      Name the parts of a compound microscope and give a brief description of each.

 

 

 

 

 

7.      How do you determine the total magnification of a compound microscope?

 

 

 

 

 

8.      Give an example of a contribution to science/society that could not have been accomplished using early microscopes.  List at least 3 Internet resources and summarize the information into about 3 paragraphs.

 

 

 

Technology Standards Grade 9-12     

Standard 2 Technology and Society Interaction

Benchmark C: Interpret and evaluate the influence of technology throughout history, and predict its impact on the future.

1. Describe how technological development has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to basic inventions or innovations over time.

Standard 3 Technology for Productivity Applications

Benchmark B: Identify, select and apply appropriate technology tools and resources to produce creative works and to construct technology-enhanced models

2.      Identify and use input and output devices to operate and interact with computers and multimedia technology resources.

Standard 5 Technology and Information Literacy

Benchmark A: Determine and apply an evaluative process to all information sources chosen for a project.

3.      Determine the author’s authority for all resources and identify points of agreement and disagreement among sources.

Benchmark B: Apply a research process model to conduct research and meet information needs.

1.      Determine the essential questions and plan research strategies.

2.      Select and evaluate appropriateness of information from a variety of resources, including online research databases and Web sites to answer the essential questions.

3.      Identify relevant facts; check facts for accuracy and record appropriate information.

Benchmark C: Formulate advanced search strategies, demonstrating an understanding of the strengths and limitations of the Internet, and evaluate the quality and appropriate use of Internet resources.

1.      Identify multiple directories and search engines matching curricular need (e.g., given an assignment, use knowledge of tools to pick an appropriate tool to search for information).

2.      Construct search strategies focused on the retrieval of specific search results by incorporating Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and adjacency/proximity techniques.