Microscope experiment ideas for Summer? Kids learning on their break? Unheard of! At least, back in my day it was–more and more I’m hearing from parents and sometimes children (with parent supervision) that they are interested in scientific inquiry, and want microscope experiment ideas to do together. Well, we’re now sitting here at the beginning…
Tag: compound microscope
AmScope Dual View Microscope Review – Model “D200”
Why use a dual view microscope? Well, there are times when a parent or teacher may want to show their student a specific structure within the field of view when looking at a sample under a microscope–such as a cell wall, or a bacterium. Doing this can be difficult, as the student doesn’t know what…
AmScope Microscope Review – “B100B-MS” 40X-2000X Biological Binocular Compound Microscope with Mechanical Stage
Not everyone needs a complicated microscope with tons of features and expandability. It’s very nice to have, of course, but sometimes, a simple light compound microscope is all one needs to get the job done. This AmScope microscope does just that. For example, there’s no need to get technical in an elementary school, junior high…
Battle of the Microscopes: AmScope vs. Omano
Today’s Battle of the Microscopes brings us two brands frequently difficult to distinguish from each other–AmScope vs. Omano. We’re looking specifically at the AmScope B360B vs. the Omano OM118-B4. Put on your boxing gloves, because here we go again! Just like last time, we’ll rate the units on a few different categories first (optical quality, features, expandability, and…
Omax Microscope Review – “CS-M834” 40X-1600X Advanced Lab Trinocular Compound Microscope with Reversed Nosepiece Review
The Omax microscope chain of quality lead me to run into the CS-M834 on my way up, and made me to realize that there are many, many, MANY variants to this unit. Seriously, I think this thing has more variants than AmScope microscopes do, it’s quite crazy. I found this unit configured for brightfield only,…