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Ask Slashdot: Advice On Child-Friendly Microscopes?

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 10, 2012 @01:50AM from the skip-the-electrified-eye-piece dept.

OceanMan7 writes "My 7-year-old son is getting very interested in microscopic things — from bacteria to parameciums (paramecia?) Not being a biologist, I would appreciate advice on what type of microscope to get. I'd be operating it and he viewing with supervision. I'd like something better than a toy and plan to buy it used, if possible. Extra points if it's stereo and also allows me to view opaque objects at low magnification."

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Re:USB microscope by durrr · 2012-06-10 02:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Safety, because microscope accidents are the number #1 reason for death in children 5-15
Re:USB microscope by dkettmann76 · 2012-06-10 05:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Buying Tip: Magnification of 1000x is required to see bacterial pink-eye