10 Best Microscopes for Kids & Students
I recommend the Amscope T490B as the best microscope for students and the Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS as the best microscope for kids under 12. I own both of them!
Celestron S10-60 Stereo Microscope – My Initial Thoughts
About this Article: Hi, I’m Chris – a teacher and a lover of microscopes! On this site I share beginner microscopy activities for kids and students. Legal note: This information does not constitute professional advice to you and your circumstances or guarantee quality or fit for purpose of the following products. Use of this website …
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TELMU 40X-1000X Compound Monocular Microscope [Full Review]
About this Article: I researched a lot of microscopes before buying mine (not this one). If you want to see all the microscopes I researched, see my article on the 9 best compound microscopes. This information was for my personal circumstances only and is not professional advice to you. Read more on the website’s disclaimer …
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Levenhuk 720B Compound Microscope – My Initial Thoughts
The Levenhuk 720B is my favorite binocular compound microscope from Levenhuk. A few of their higher-powered microscopes have objectives that don’t have protective spring. But this one does, which puts it above several of the other Levenhuk models in my opinion. In my opinion the Levenhuk 720B is a good choice for adult microscopy enthusiasts …
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OMAX Digital LED Microscope with 1.3MP Camera [Review]
About this Article: I researched a lot of microscopes before buying mine (not this one). If you want to see all the microscopes I researched, see my article on the 9 best compound microscopes. This information was for my personal circumstances only and is not professional advice to you. Read more on the website’s disclaimer …
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How to Find Microscopic Bugs in Moss (Kids STEM Activity)
The coolest thing to find under a microscope is a microscopic bug swimming around! And for new microscopists, that’s often your goal. It certainly was for me! So in this article I’m going to walk you through how I found my first ever critter. He wasn’t a tardigrade (I really want to find a tardigrade), …
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Salt Under a Microscope Activity (How do Crystals Get their Shape?)
Crystals are solid substances found in nature that form a highly ordered molecular structure. We marvel at them because of the beautifully arranged patterns they create, which we call ‘crystal lattices‘. In fact, people are so enamored by crystal lattices that they make jewelry and art out of them. They even hike long distances into caves …
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5 EASY Prepared Slide Microscope Activities (for Beginners)
Prepared slides are the easiest way to get a taste of the world of microscopy. You can skip all the hard work of finding specimens to look at and use ones provided for you by the professionals! I would recommend to all people new to microscopy to get a set of prepared slides. This is …
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How to Set up the Amscope T490B (Visual Instructions)
This is a simple setup guide for the Amscope T490B from an owner and user. It’s not an official Amscope guide, but because there weren’t really any instructions in my box about what to do, I thought I’d put this together on how I did it. I’d say it took me about 10 minutes to …
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How to use a Microscope (7-Step Beginners Guide)
There are two key reasons you need to follow a clear procedure when using a microscope: So you Succeed in your Projects: Finding focus on your specimen isn’t as easy as it looks! But if you follow the procedure outlined in this article it will maximize your chances of zeroing in on your specimen to …
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