pond water

   when viewing a living specimen, keep your light low...
light = heat
and a strong light will  will fry the little guy ;(

    preparing a 
wet mount slide

            as magnification increases, your light intensity decreases so you should open your iris to add light

cocci               bacilli             spririla

         your cheek cells

  very cool electron scope images

             total magnification =
ocular magnification
​X
​objective magnification

   always start to focus using the lowest magnification

     --->

bacterial cell shapes and orientations

using oil immersion lens
at 1000X total magnification

              plant cells

diplo = two

strepto = chain

staphlo = cluster

             The Microscope

   as magnification increases, the area of the field of view decreases

the optical oil forms an interface between the slide and the objective,
reducing extraneous light and sharpening image