Microscope: making it big

Canada, 1981

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Episode of Series “The Nature of things”.
A film study of the microscope, putting it into scientific and historical perspective from Van Leeuwenhoek’s 17th century observations through an amateurish magnifying glass to the modern monsters that make a flea seem incredibly long. This is largely a pictorial film suited to students viewing simple microscopic organisms from pond water with a reasonable monocular microscope for the first time. Suitable for lower and middle secondary levels.

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producer/director

Richard Longley

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:27:45:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1981

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The Nature of things

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The Nature of things

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