Um_2_4 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) So I just ordered this microscope: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0167T5ATS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I need one for biology for next year and kept putting off on ordering one and then this popped up as 20% off (about $63 I think) so I grabbed it. Anyone have it?? Is it a good brand? Any pointers? I was thinking of buying some more ready made slides? Any favorites? Any links to easy how tos for making our own slides? Thanks Edited June 17, 2016 by Um_2_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 This is a nice kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks amsunshine. Anyone else have favorite slides or sites/tips ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 It looks like this microscope has oil immersion? If so, you can use it to visualize bacteria. I would suggest doing a gram stain, and growing some fungus on old bread or fruit and staining that too. Just to be safe, I would order bacteria from Home Science Tools. HST also has a gram stain kit. The Illustrated Guide to Home Biology experiments has instructions on these stains, but you can also find lots of instructions on how to do gram stains on youtube. (I recommend printing out the relevant chapters of this free pdf guide before deciding whether to buy.) To illustrate Brownian motion, you can start with whole milk and dilute it several times before visualizing the fat globules under a microscope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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