With full-color photographs, activities, and a pronunciation guide, this book introduces a hand lens and a microscope as well as giving explanations of measurements of magnification.

Hand lenses and microscopes -- Magnification -- Kinds of lenses -- Compound light microscopes -- Using a compound light microscope -- How to prepare microscope slides -- The scientific method -- Other kinds of microscopes -- Safety with lenses and microscopes -- Time to observe -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites.