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laurac260
Two weeks ago I bought our first microscope for our homeschool classroom, $20 at Meijer, complete with a couple premounted slides, specimen jars, tweezers, a pipette. The kids loved being able to look at things up close. We plucked a leg off a dead cricket and saw the hairs on the leg.
Well today I got to look at the same cricket leg thru a "high school level" microscope, and realized we sure are missing a lot. Wow. We then looked at a fly's wing. Who knew how intricate a fly's wing is? I want to see more myself, and show my kids more of the microscopic world.
The 20$ kit was cool, but I want to upgrade. I have an 11 year old and a 5 year old. I don't need anything high tech, but a REAL microscope, not my 20$ plastic Smithsonian one (not that it didn't serve it's purpose). What would you buy, and where should I look (online shopping would be my first choice).
Thanks in advance!
Well today I got to look at the same cricket leg thru a "high school level" microscope, and realized we sure are missing a lot. Wow. We then looked at a fly's wing. Who knew how intricate a fly's wing is? I want to see more myself, and show my kids more of the microscopic world.
The 20$ kit was cool, but I want to upgrade. I have an 11 year old and a 5 year old. I don't need anything high tech, but a REAL microscope, not my 20$ plastic Smithsonian one (not that it didn't serve it's purpose). What would you buy, and where should I look (online shopping would be my first choice).
Thanks in advance!