Microscopy

• Understand how microscopy techniques have developed and advanced over time.
• Explain how the advent of electron microscopy has significantly increased our understanding of sub-cellular structures.
• Compare and evaluate the differences in magnification and resolution between electron and light microscopes.
• Understand that the higher magnification and resolving power of an electron microscope allows cells to be studied in much finer detail.
• Carry out calculations involving magnification, real size, and image size using the appropriate formula.

$\text{magnification} = \frac{\text{size of image}}{\text{size of real object}}$

• Express mathematical answers in standard form where appropriate during calculations.