Compound Light Lab

Abstract- The main material and focus in this lab is the compound light microscope. During this lab you will check the microscopes by drawing what you see to make sure the high and low powers work properly. After you tested your microscope you take a toothpick and scrap it on the side of you mouth and examine what you see through the microscope, your final results should be a drawing of what you saw through both the high and low powered lens.

Introduction- This lab is based on the compound light microscope. “A compound light microscope is a microscope that allows light to pass through a specimen and uses two lenses to form a image”. The compound light microscope has two main lenses. The two main lenses are the low powered lens and the high powered lens. The low powered lens is 10x, while the high powered lens is 40x. In this lab you will learn how to hold your microscope and keep it safe, look at a prepared specimen, create a wet mount, and learn the magnification of the low and high powered lens. You will look over a prepared specimen and draw what you see in the low and high powered lens. Then you will create a wet mount , examine what you see, and draw it to see the differences between the two lenses. …show more content…
I hypothesized that the low powered lens would look at the specimen in a full view, while the high powered lens would look at the specimen with full details. My hypothesis points out that the low powered would be magnified to see the whole specimen closer but the high powered would be magnified to see the little details of the specimen up close. The purpose of the experiment is to see the difference between the high and low powered lens when experimenting and examining these specimens.