This lesson describes how to use the magnification formula to calculate the magnification or the actual size in a range of units. The PowerPoint and accompanying resources have been designed to cover the 3rd part of point 2.1.3 of the AQA A-level Biology specification
The students are likely to have met the magnification formula at GCSE so this lesson has been written to build on that knowledge and to support them with more difficult questions when they have to calculate actual size without directly being given the magnification. A step by step guide is used to walk the students through the methodology and useful tips are provided. Students could be asked to calculate the actual size in millimetres, micrometres, nanometres or picometres so time is taken to ensure that they can convert between one and another.
This lesson has been written to tie in with the previous two lessons on microscopes and measuring the size of an object and the two rounds of the ongoing quiz competition take place in this lesson.
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