wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Dd 4th will be doing biology next year in 5th, and the year after my oldest dd will be in 10th. I had it so all 4 kids would be in it during the same year but due to college requirements I had to change dd now 8ths science plans. Anyways- I am looking at this and this recommended by Science Shepherd but I have absolutely no clue what would be best or if there is something even better out there. I cross posted this on the logic stage board as well. Thanks in advance :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persinem Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hello! I just went through this process myself and ended up with this scope from Home Science Tools: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/home-1000x-microscope/p/MI-4100DXL/ It's really everything we need up through AP Biology. I wanted to get a 1000x magnification option, but this is not completely necessary, and you can save money by getting a 400x scope instead. At first I also regretted not getting a binocular eyepiece as the kids were complaining about eye fatigue but now they are completely used to the one eyepiece. I really learned a lot about microscopes from another web site, and should have perhaps given them my business--here is an article on how to buy a microscope that really helped me: http://www.greatscopes.com/microscope.htm As you get going you may want to become familiar with my absolute favorite site for live cultures for labs--we have had months of learning come out of our investment in protist cultures that we've since developed other cultures from and done a lot of observation and experiments with: http://www.carolina.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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