How to Draw a Microscope Diagram for Kids

1. Begin the microscope diagram outline by drawing the eyepiece. Draw a horizontal rectangle with a trapezoid on top.

Then, draw another rectangle on top, noting the slightly curved line at its top. Draw a slightly curved horizontal rectangle at its apex.

2. Draw a slanted triangle below the eyepiece. Band its longest side with a straight line. Then connect it to the eyepiece using two "L" shaped lines.

3. Draw the microscope's arm. Use curved lines to create a "C" shape. Connect them with a straight line. Then use two short lines to enclose a small, irregular rectangle on top of the arm.

4. Draw small pentagons on two sides of the triangle. Band each with a curved line. These are lenses.

Then enclose a narrow, horizontal rectangle sitting on the "C." This is the stage on which you set whatever you're looking at.

5. Draw a "U" shaped line on the stage, with a bent line extending horizontally from it. This is the clip that holds your sample.

Below the stage, draw a trapezoid. From the bottom of the "C," extend a "U" shaped line. Draw a diagonal rectangle behind it and a small circle within it. This is the microscope's mirror or illuminator.

6. Draw three consecutively smaller circles within the base of the arm. Draw a short, diagonal line within the smallest circle.

7. Draw two more sets of three successively smaller circles at the top of the arm. These are the focusing knobs.

8. Draw the base of the microscope below the arm. Use three curved lines to enclose the two irregular rounded shapes.

9. Label each part of the microscope.

Begin with the mirror and work clockwise, identifying the stage, low power objective lens, high power objective lens, eyepiece, coarse adjustment, fine adjustment, arm, stage clips, diagram, and base.

Draw straight lines from the vocabulary terms to the parts they describe.

Your cartoon microscope diagram outline is now complete. Color your drawing. Microscopes are often black or white with silvery metallic elements.