This Cells: Using the Microscope mini unit has everything you need to meet NGSS MS-LS1-1 including editable student slides and packet, hands-on investigations, a final project, extension activity and content vocabulary posters. Topics covered include a review of the characteristics of life, how to use a microscope, pond life drawings and prokaryotes vs. eukaryotes.Students first review the characteristics of living things, learn about the parts of a microscope and basic safety rules to follow.