Microscopes

Description: Build and test a compound microscope

Prerequisite: 50 pts of concept work on ray diagrams

Time: Approximately three class periods to build, test, and modify/improve the microscope

Worth: 100 points

Materials:
 * The website below has instructions for a more complex microscope than is required for you, but it could give you ideas.

__http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/ucomp1/ucomp1.htm__

Assessment
 * Show that your microscope can magnify a sample on a slide
 * It should be strong enough that it doesn't easily fall apart when moved!