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EI-8803

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The amazing Scanning Electron Microscope

Most of the fantastic images in the Talking Electron Microscope were created with a Scanning

Electron Microscope.

Conventional microscopes use glass lenses to bend light to create a magnied image. The

Scanning Electron Microscope bombards the image with electrons instead of light waves.

The resulting images are super-detailed 3-dimensional images that are at much higher

magnications than can be accomplished with a light microscope.

The images in the Talking Electron Microscope reveal the amazing detail and complexity of

living things and tiny structures in the world all around us.

Focusing

magnier

™

On/Off button

Volume button

Answer

buttons

Home button

Navigation

arrows

Select button

Facts button

Quiz button

LCD screen

to view

microscopic

images

Photo Credits

The following images copyright Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.: hummingbird feather, plant

cell, blade of grass, E. Coli bacteria on surface of small intestine, Anthrax virus, Northern

house mosquito, yellow jacket wasp stinger, mucus and pollen grain on a nose hair, antibiotic

treatment on E. Coli, Rhinovirus (common cold), surface of rockcress leaf, Velcro™ fastener,

bone, broccoli oret, egg shell, red ant, housey, skin of dogsh shark, tongue with papillae

and taste buds, Diatoms, cat tongue papillae, moss spores on moss, blood, spinneret of spiny

orb-weaver spider, pollen grains, bean weevil and bean seed, Salmonella bacteria, sperm and

egg, pill bug, root of a germinating radish seed, sand grains, red spider mite, grasshopper head,

scales on monarch buttery, head of monarch buttery, brown recluse spider, and rose petal

The following images copyright CMSP, Inc.: human hair, window mold, cat hairs, cotton bers,

skin, cross section of a pine needle, cross section of a chrysan themum leaf, deer tick, greenbottle

fly maggot on beef, streptococcus bacteria, dental floss with plaque, table salt, starch

granules in wheat our, cockroach leg, head louse on a human hair, dust mite, chromosomes,

head of leech, newsprint paper, human eye, tongue with bacteria, blood-lled aorta, and

animal cell

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Summary of content (4 pages)

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Photo Credits The following images copyright Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.: hummingbird feather, plant cell, blade of grass, E. Coli bacteria on surface of small intestine, Anthrax virus, Northern house mosquito, yellow jacket wasp stinger, mucus and pollen grain on a nose hair, antibiotic treatment on E.
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1. Push the on/off button to begin When you see the GeoSafari screen in the eyepiece, you’ll know that your Talking Electron Microscope is ready to use. 2. Pick a category Press select to learn about the first category. Press the up or down arrows to see the other categories and press select to choose one. • ANIMALS • VIRUSES AND BACTERIA • THE HUMAN BODY • “STUFF” • PLANTS Keep in mind.... • Forgot to turn it off? The Talking Electron Microscope will power down on its own.
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Animals The Human Body Bean weevil and bean seed Northern house mosquito Brown recluse spider Spinneret of spiny orb-weaver spider Mucus and pollen grain on a nose hair Skin Bone Tongue with papillae and taste buds Head of monarch butterfly Scales on monarch butterfly Cockroach leg Pill bug Human eye Blood Blood-filled aorta Chromosomes Head louse on a human hair Cat tongue papillae Deer tick Skin of dogfish shark Sperm and egg Human hair Animal cell Greenbottle fly maggot on beef
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Plants Viruses and Bacteria Blade of grass Surface of rockcress leaf Rose petal Cross section of a pine needle Streptococcus bacteria Salmonella bacteria E. Coli Bacteria on surface of small intestine Broccoli floret Diatoms Moss spores on moss Plant cell Tongue with bacteria Antibiotic treatment on E. Coli Anthrax virus Rhinovirus (common cold) “Stuff” Pollen grains Cross section of a chrysan themum leaf Root of a germinating radish seed 6 8803 guide.