Kids Microscope Articles

Kids Microscope

• Examining Mosquitoes Under A Kids Microscope
  Mosquitoes are one of the most annoying insects that has inhabited the planet. At the same time, they are one of the most menacing to humans as they carry with them various diseases like dengue and malaria. Despite its annoying nature, you may find it interesting as well as educational to examine one of these under insects under the kids stereo microscope.read more...


• Examining Your Blood Under A Compound Microscope
  Experimenting on one’s own blood is probably one of the most exciting science activities that we can do with a kids compound microscope. There are many things that students and children learn from looking at the makings of their blood under high power magnification.read more...


• Exploring Algae Under The Kids Microscope
  Algae are perhaps one of the easiest microscope experiment samples that students and children can obtain. They are the slimy green growths that can be found on pond water surfaces or around stones and dead leaves in a damp environment. Some of them look like large green masses on the surface and the colors can vary from yellow-green or blue-green. Let us first look at the algae under the kids stereo microscope with the use of a dissecting needle. The algae looks like it is made of thread-like formations. Be sure to keep the sample moist all the time so that it will not shrivel up. Next, let’s take one of these and examine it more closely under a high power compound kids microscope. The difference between these two microscopes is the low power stereo is for viewing the overall specimen, even if it is rather large. The high power compound is only for viewing the smallest microscopic samples, typically on a microscope slide and under a cover slip.read more...


• How To Make A Microtome
  If we are going to do an experiment with the use of a compound kids microscope, it is necessary that the sample that we are going to examine is thin enough for the light to pass through. Transmitted light microscopy is the technique of examining transparent specimens by passing light through them, with the microscope illumination source on the opposite side as the microscope objective. Samples that are not thin enough will be hard to see under a transmitted light microscope because the light cannot pass through. To be able to make a clean-cut sample, we need to use a microtome. A microtome helps in cutting very thin sections or slices of a sample so that its structure can easily be seen under the transmitted light microscope. We can make our own microtome right in our own home. All we need to have is a thread spool, waterproof glue, waterproof marker with a fine point and popsicle stick. We also need a flathead metal bolt that can be fitted inside the hole of spool and a metal nut as well. Go to the kitchen and get a piece of carrot, a bowl of water and a knife. Other microscope supplies that are needed include tweezers, a microscope slide and cover slip as well. read more...


• Looking At Sugar And Salt Crystals Under The Kids Compound Microscope
  One of the simplest experiments that can be done using a student’s compound light microscope is using table salt or sugar crystals as samples. Teachers can use this as one of the simple activities that students and children can do with their educational biological kids microscopes.read more...


• Taking Care Of A Kids Microscope
  Being a quite expensive educational toy, kids microscopes need to be handled with great care. This optical instrument is so delicate that it can be easily damaged with carelessness or simple neglect. In order to make your kids microscope last longer, here are a few guidelines that a teacher or parent should remind their kids to follow.read more...


• Common House Fly Under A Stereo Dissecting Microscope For Kids
  House flies are a common sight around us. However, they may prove to be a very educational and interesting ss. Teachers can make this a fun stereo microscope activity for kids and students in their high school and elementary science classes.read more...