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Ask Slashdot: Advice On Child-Friendly Microscopes?

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Humm 7 y.o by JamesP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Get a toy one

    At 7, it will be great

    Get preferabily one with >= 50x mag, so you can see cells, etc

    Later you can think of a better one

    I really don't remember how old I was when I got my first (toy) one, but it was a built-it-yourself kit

    Then I got one that was 100x-300x-600x (which was 'more real') and it was lots of fun

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