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?
