Microscope
(Tech-STEM kits)

This STEAM kit was provided with funding from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Chicago Section

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Includes 48 piece color-coded prepared plastic microscope slides with plant, insect, mammal, bird and fish specimens. In red color, you can find butterfly wing, butterfly leg, drosophila wings, locust wing, locust antenna, locust leg, dragonfly wing, dragonfly abdomen, dragonfly leg, shrimp eggs, honeybee wing, and honeybee leg. In green color, you will see celery leaf, corn stem, lotus root, cabbage leaf, ginger root, onion epidermis, cucumber ovary, sponge gourd stem, greed radish root, H. cordata stem, corruption leaf, and potato starch. In yellow color, there are dandelion fuzz, agar, carnation stem, laver, lily pollen, camellia pollen, sunflower pollen, pineapple hair, lily ovary, phlox leaf, pine tree stem, and cotton leaf. In blue color, there exist goldfish scale, sardine scale, canary feather, rabbit hair, cat hair, horse hair, cow hair, sheep hair, fowl feather, peacock feathers, shrimp antennas, and pigeon feather.

"This is a perfect microscope for students to learn science. It comes with full optical glass elements, metal framework, 360 degree rotatable monocular head, coarse & fine focusing, and LED illumination. It offers five magnification settings, 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X and 1000X. It is an ideal microscope for home school or for students from elementary to high school. It is also an excellent instrument for hobbyists."--Product Web site