Everything can’t be seen by our naked eye. Perhaps no single instrument has advanced man's understanding of the surrounding world more than the microscope. Scientific discoveries made through microscopic techniques are too numerous to list. The microscope revolutionized the study of biology, medicine, and many other fields of scientific research.1 Present-day knowledge about cells and other microorganisms has depended to a large extent on the improvement of microscopes through the years. The technologically advanced microscopes can magnify the image of an object being examined thousands of times.2 Thus, modern microscopes have been powerful tools that enable cytologists to probe even the smallest details of the structural and functional unit of life -the cell.
Indeed, with the advent of science and technology, studying cells and other microorganisms demands the use of sophisticated microscopes and considering the use of these in a school setting is a big question specifically if schools were able to afford such microscopes.
But as educators we need to open our eyes, we need to maximize our resources; we need to make alternative solutions. Since that we are in a computer era, we can use internet/web browsing to address this challenge, there are series of virtual microscopes available in the internet which the students can use and help them experience the use of sophisticated microscopes using the mouse click button. In this sense, they were able to view the real beauty of microscopic world.
As what they say, picture speaks a thousand words and if we will engage our students to view cells and other microorganisms not only in pictures but in actual. We were able to make them believe of what they see and see of what they believe leading to the achievement of the goals of education.
Sources: 1 http://essaymania.com/160413/microscopy
2 Functional Biology Modular Approach by Lilia M. Rabago et al. p 92
