CLEAPSS Supporting practical science and technology
Search Science site:     
Log InHelplineSite FeedbackCLEAPSS Home Page
Science HomeBulletinsCoursesEquipmentAll EquipmentBuy It GuidesMake It GuidesGuidesHazCardsLaboratory HandbookJoin CLEAPSSMembership DocumentsMailing ListPractical ProceduresAll ProceduresBiologyChemistryPhysicsRecipe SheetsStudent Safety SheetsSubject AreasAll SubjectsBiologyChemistryPhysicsSupplementary RAsTeaching ResourcesTechniciansTechnicians HomeJob AdvertsTechnicians NetworksBuy It GuidesMake It GuidesTechnician TipsUseful LinksWhat's NewVideos
CLEAPSS Resources
Latest Resources
Search For:
Showing results 1 to 10 of 94
1 234►
Members only resource
GL372 - Setting up & using a microscope
Click to download Document.
Clear illustrated guidance on how to set up and use a microscope.
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
GL144 - Using a mobile phone as a microscope camera
Click to download Document.
This document tells you how to convert your smart phone into a microscope camera to take extremely close pictures of objects which cannot be seen easily with the naked eye. The lens used is a focusing.. more
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
Bulletin 174 - Summer 2022
Click to download Document.
In this terms issue :-- CLEAPSS has moved- New staff at CLEAPSS- Pupils using CLEAPSS resources- COVID-19 update- Staining and observing mitosis- Resources for transition events- Burning magnesium rib.. more
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
GL294 Microscopes - fixing common faults
Click to download Document.
Details on how to correct the three most common faults found in school microscopes - dirty optical glass, wrong position of "stop" and overtight or loose tension.
words matched: focusing
Free resource
GL125 - Microscope buying guide
Click to download Document.
Guidance on buying microscopes for use by students up to GCSE and at A Level.
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
PP128 – Transition activity: learning to use a microscope.
Click to download Document.
A microscope based quiz where visiting children learn how to mount slides and view them with a junior microscope.
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
GL290 Microscopes: Fitting a plastic eyepiece graticule & calibrating using a DIY stage micrometer
Click to download Document.
Instructions on how to fit a plastic eyepiece graticule & calibrate using a DIY stage micrometer. 
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
GL385 – Practical activities for primary aged children visiting a secondary school
Click to download Document.
Advice about activities that younger children, of varying ages and ability, can undertake.
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
PS072 Using plaster of Paris in schools
Click to download Document.
Describes some the hazards associated with plaster of Paris, and how to avoid the risks which these pose. Focuses particularly on the heat generated, and the expansion of the plaster, as it sets
words matched: focusing
Members only resource
GL383 - Using smartphones in microscopy
Click to download Document.
This guide demonstrates how to use smartphones effectively with microscopes. 
words matched: focusing
Showing results 1 to 10 of 94
1 234►