This course covers sensing and measurement for quantitative molecular/cell/tissue analysis, in terms of genetic, biochemical, and biophysical properties. Methods include light and fluorescence microscopies; electro-mechanical probes such as atomic force microscopy, laser and magnetic traps, and MEMS devices; and the application of statistics, probability and noise analysis to experimental data.

Use your cell phone to explore the mini-scopic world. Open your eyes to the amazing world of the ultra-tiny when you convert your cell phone into a portable, picture-taking Miniscope using a simple plastic lens from a laser pointer.

This lesson is made for 7th grade science students in Utah and covers the Utah SEEd Standards 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 which cover cells including their structure and function. Students will use microscopes to analyze and determine cell type as well as find cell organelles. Students will create a presentation to showcase their findings and understanding.Photo by Logan Moreno Gutierrez on Unsplash

Compound light microscopes have more than one lens and use light to magnify an object.

In a compound light microscope, light passes up through a specimen and then through two or more lenses before reaching the eye.