Help! My ds6 showed me something, I lost where I wrote it down, and I can't remember

[JudoMom]

what it's called!

 

I believe it started with a T. It might have ended with scope.

 

It was (I think) a single pocket microscope. It came with a compass and pocket to carry it in. It was for examining things outdoors.

 

I believe a foreign company made it--it was for sale in a children's discovery center (kind of like a small children's museum).

[Catwoman]

Was it something like this?

 

http://www.acornnaturalists.com/store/POCKET-MICROSCOPE-P5073C47.aspx

 

or maybe this...

 

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=345272&kw=345272&event=PPCSRC&p=1012505&cm_mmc=Idearc-_-shopping-_-Homeschool-_-345272

 

There's also this kind, but they are far more expensive:

 

http://www.2spi.com/catalog/ltmic/peak-pocket-microscope.shtml

 

One more -- very inexpensive:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Illuminated-Pocket-Microscope/dp/B0009K6K0A

 

If you scroll down the Amazon listing page, they have lots of other options in the "Customers who viewed this item also viewed" section. (Just scroll down the page and you'll see it.)

 

Cat

Edited May 20, 2009 by Catwoman

[JudoMom]

It is similar, but none are the one he fell in love with. I just emailed the Children's Museum (it was tiny), and begged them to tell me what it was. Hopefully they'll have pity on me :001_smile:.

 

Thanks!

[Chris in VA]

Tasco Pocket Microscope? Home Science Adventures sells them--we love it for looking at crystals, bugs, 5 dollar bills...Their kit is expensive, but the Tasco can be bought separately.

[Blueridge]

Maybe it was the Carson X-Scope? Timberdoodle has them for around $9.00. Another possibility is the Geoscope. Love to Learn has them for around $11.00. Those are both cool!