Thames and Kosmos Micro TREK - Microscope & Experiment Kit With Microtome Clearance

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List Price: $89.95 Our Price: $49.95 Temporarily Out Of Stock Please email customerservice@onlinesciencemall.com for estimated arrival (if not already listed in description) or to preorder. We will contact you when the product arrives. You also can call 1-205-853-2711. Product Code: TK636814

Quality student grade microscope with engaging and instructive full-color large-format manual

Embark on a guided journey through the microscopic world, revealing its hidden creatures and unseen structures. First, learn how to use the microscope and all of its parts. Next, break in your scope by examining two prepared slides. Then, take off on a guided investigation of plant and animal specimens that you gather and prepare yourself. This kit gives you the tools, knowledge and skills you need to view virtually any specimen you can find. The microscope is durable and powerful, allowing for years of continued micro-trekking. The full-color 52-page manual guides you through set-up, usage and dozens of fascinating observations, focused on biological specimens. The microscope is a 100-, 400-, and 900-power die-cast metal microscope, and is nine inches tall. It has both a battery-powered light and a mirror for illumination. It has a glass zoom ocular lens, three glass objective lenses and a filter/aperture wheel. Ages 12 and up.

• learn how to use the microscope and how each part works
• examine an onion cell, an earthworm section, pollen grains, a bees leg, your hair and sheeps hair, and much, much more
• learn how to prepare slides
• trace images using the projector attachment
• record your findings in a logbook
• read about the history of the microscope