Microscopes Required Practical

This lesson is suitable for the AQA GCSE Biology and AQA Combined Science: Trilogy course looking at microscopes required practical.

This lesson is a practical lesson which needs: microscopes, glass slides, cover slips, transparent rulers, onion cells (and lamps depending on your school microscopes).

This lesson includes a video of how to complete the practical in full and an example exam question directly relating to this practical. It also breaks the practical down into its main two sections - the focusing and biological drawings first, before then moving on to calculating the mean length of an onion cell.

When using this resource I would suggest that:
The ‘Knowledge Checks’ are completed on Mini White Boards.
The re-teach slide is only there in case it is needed from the ‘Knowledge Check’ - hence, can be skipped over if not needed.
The ‘Independent Practice’ questions are completed in student exercise books - with the students working silently and independently.