Microscope

Microscopes allow us to look at tiny things like cells and germs.

Microscopes help doctors find out what make people sick and how to heal them.

​​Microscopes help us understand how plants, animals, and insects live and grow.

​In around 1540, Janssen invented the first compound microscope.

​In 1665, Hooke used a compound to observe cork and named the tiny structures, "cells"

In the late 1600s, van Leeuwenhoek improved microscopes and discovered living things.

Simple Microscopes use one lens like a magnifying glass.

Compound Microscopes use two or more lenses for higher magnification.

Stereoscopic Microscopes provides a 3D view of an object, like insects and leaves.

Electron Microscopes use electrons to create of tiny structures, such as viruses and molecules.