Microscope Lab

To move the stage into place, there are two knobs on the right side of the microscope. One moves the stage up and down and the other moves it left to right. It works the same whether or not you’re looking through the microscope.

To focus you should be looking through the oculars. Start with the lens very close to the specimen then focus upward till the image becomes clear. Repeat until things are very clear.

The iris serves as a way to angle of light. To adjust the iris find the knob attached to the iris and move from one side to the other.

To move the oculars all you have to do is slide them to one side or the other to fit your face. The oculars are what you look through to see the specimen.

There are normally 3 to 4 objective lenses per microscope. On the one we used there are 4 and we used the 40x magnification. To move from one objective to another simple turn the wheel they’re attached to.

Few things differ on a real microscope when adjusting setting when looking through the oculars or not.