Organisms, Behaviour and Health

 Training outcomes:  To compare a lesson teaching the concept of cells to a year 7 class with and without the use of a visualiser.

 Part 1 – without a visualiser  Have students (trainees) collect a microscope and prepared slide (in a lesson you can have the students prepare the slides themselves).  Show students how to correctly set up the microscope in a ‘gather round’ demonstration.

 Go round to each student/small group and help them to focus the microscope and show them what they should be looking at.

 Part 2 – with a visualiser  Set up a microscope and show students, with the aid of the visualiser, how to correctly focus it.  Point the lens of the visualiser down the microscope and, using the image projected, focus the microscope, showing the students how to find what they are looking for.

 With the projected image on the screen show students what they should look for and then help individuals who are perhaps still struggling to get it in focus.

Image captured from visualiser

 As students often find it hard the first time (sometimes every time) they use a microscope, to find what they are looking for, showing them all at the same time what to look for and how to focus the microscope will help them in their learning.