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Photomicroscopy, Leukocytes & the Wright Stain
Laboratory Exercise
Virtual Microbiology Classroom of Science Prof Online
MICROSCOPY LAB DOCUMENTS
The Lab Project Instructions provide a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed directions on how to complete the lab exercise. The Lab Report Template is what the students use to develop the lab report of this project that will be turned in.
- Lab Project #1: Photomicroscopy & Wright Stain Lab Project INSTRUCTIONS
- Lab Report Guide (general)
- Lab Report Guide for Lab Project #1: Photomicroscopy, Leukocytes & the Wright Stain
You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level intro microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review & Practice Test Questions.
Page last updated: 5/2016
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
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MICROSCOPY LABORATORY IMAGES
The images here directly relate to the lab exercise and are designed to help students review and study that lab material while outside of lab.
Microscopy Laboratory Materials
This is the main page for the Introduction to Microscopy Laboratory Topic of a 4-credit introductory college microbiology class.
SPO VIDEO: Tutorial on Compound Light Microscope Parts & Operation
In this lab, you will be obtaining photomicrographs of two types of white blood cells (WBCs):
neutrophils (lobed nucleus)
& lymphocytes (nucleus occupies most of cell interior).
NOTE: Students must review all material in categories highlighted with
red titles PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAB in order to be prepared to participate.
The Microscopy Lab materials typically include:
- a Laboratory PowerPoint
- Lab Project instructions
- Additional required readings
- Videos of lab procedures
- Additional inks that support lab materials
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These multiple choice and true/false questions are designed to help students practice and test their understanding of this topic.
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These multiple choice and true/false questions are designed to help students practice and test their understanding of this topic.
MICROSCOPY ADDITIONAL REQUIRED LAB READINGS
- How to Use a Compound Light Microscope, Virtual Microbiology Classroom Lab Notes
- Blood Components, Dennis O'Neil
- Leukocytes: Types of White Blood Cells, Virtual Microbiology Lab Notes
- Staining & Commonly Used Stains, Histology Learning Systems
- Examining a Mammalian Blood Smear, Experimental Biosciences
- White Blood Cell Count from Lab Tests Online
- Citing References in Scientific Research Papers by Timothy Allen
MICROSCOPY LABORATORY POWERPOINT
The lab PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom are designed to help introduce students to each lab project.
- Lab Project #1: Photomicroscopy & Wright Stain Lab PowerPoint Show
- Lab Project #1: Photomicroscopy & Wright Stain Lab PowerPoint PDF Printout
Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.
HELPFUL LINKS ON HOW TO USE A MICROSCOPE
- "How big is a...?" animation from Cells Alive.
- Resolving Power Line illustration of what can be seen with different microscopes from Nobelproze.org.
- Microscopic Measurement: How Big Is that Object in the Microscope? from VirtualUrchin.
- How to Use a Compound Microscope: Video by the TCCMediaCrew that is very helpful in reviewing what you learned about the microscope in lab.
- Light Microscopy Basics from the Beckman Institute.
- Microscope Mania crossword puzzle.
- What Is an Electron Microscope? TEM and SEM Basics, Lab Notes from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom.
