Simple Student Microscope

With just a glass bead and plastic clip, a smartphone can become a microscope. That transformation enables hands-on learning experiences, which are especially vital during a time when many students ...

Brandeis University: New course teaches undergraduate, master's and PhD students to use electron microscope

simple student microscope 2

New course teaches undergraduate, master's and PhD students to use electron microscope

We’re willing to bet it’s been a minute since you prepared slides in a science lab. If your kid’s back-to-school list includes a microscope, you probably need a refresher before beginning your search.

This AmScope microscope is less than $70 at Amazon right now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

simple student microscope 5

Hello Everyone! I thought it would be cool to look at some detritus under a microscope today and this is what I saw: Now this has me kind of worried. Is it possible that this worm-like organism could be a parasite? Is there a guide on how to properly identify aquatic parasites using a...

Of course I do have a child microscope, but it now has dirty non-washable lens, ugly green lens and light colour with scrached slide glass. So i think it would be obviously better rather than trying to look through this weak-light "100-600-1200x" child scope, where "600" seems to be real 200-250 and on "1200" it's impossible to get the focus.

simple student microscope 7

A stereo microscope (or dissection microscope) is the tool of choice when you want to view larger critters that have some three-dimensionality, unlike seemingly flat microbes on a slide. If you have a medical school in your area, look there first!!!

simple student microscope 8