All about light and electron microscopes

The following resources provide background information about light and electron microscopes and how they work.

Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao resources

Articles

• Exploring with microscopes – introduction

• Light microscopes

• Types of electron microscopes

• How microscopes magnify

• Preparing samples for the electron microscope

• Exploring with microscopes – key terms

Videos

• Electron microscopes

• Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

• Why we use SEM

Interactive

• Which microscope?

Activity

• Which microscope is best?