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MICROSCOPIC EXPLORATIONS

Fun with Microscopes

"My children have soooo enjoyed the microscopic adventures. The kit was EVERYTHING your web site advertised it to be! No preparation, hands-on, everything needed for the experiments included in the kit, and easy to use for multi-grade levels."

- Julie Briones
Fountain Valley, CA

In MICROSCOPIC EXPLORATIONS you will:

  • DISCOVER the HIDDEN STATES on a five dollar bill!
  • See micro-crystals FORM BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES!
  • Get a close up, magnified view of a LIVE INSECT!
  • EXPLORE a MICROSCOPIC FOREST of bread mold!
  • View ACTUAL CELLS in an onion membrane!
  • OPEN THE DOOR to many areas of SCIENCE!
  • and MANY MORE!

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Explore worlds too small for the naked eye. Learn how a microscope works while investigating plants, animals, fungi and protozoa, as well as crystals and crystal formation.

Comes with 20 activities in 13 lessons, a parent guide, an easy-to-use pocket microscope, and everything you need to do the lessons except an onion and a slice of bread.

Extra pocket microscopes are available. The microscope is so much fun to use, and gives such a sharp image, you may want more than one.

Student-tested at School Works Learning Center, these lessons were some of the most popular we've ever done.

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Microscopic Explorations, Insects & Light is the original homeschool program from which Microscopic Explorations was taken. See it here.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR MICROSCOPIC EXPLORATIONS

1) Surprises in Your Microscope - Learn how to use your microscope, and find a surprise on a five dollar bill. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
2) The Art of Observation - Discover how a microscope inverts an image.
3) Magnification - Perform an experiment to determine the magnification of your microscope. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
4) The Fabric of Reality - Compare the microscopic qualities of various types of cloth.
5) Up Close with Crystals - View some common crystals under the microscope. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
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The Amazing Crystallization Experiment - See tiny crystals form as you watch. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
7) Scavenger Hunt in the Plant Kingdom - Find and examine a variety of plant parts.
8) Cells in an Onion Membrane - Observe actual cells under the microscope. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
9) Fantastic Voyage in a Pond: Part 1 - The Expedition - Gather a pond water sample for investigation.
10) Fantastic Voyage in a Pond: Part 2 - The Exploration - Observe a variety of microscopic creatures found in stagnant water.
11) Fantastic Voyage in a Pond: Part 3 - Even Smaller - Observe and learn about protozoa.
12) Fungus Forest - Explore a microscopic forest of bread mold. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
13) Making a Slide Trap - Study live insects through a microscope. (SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)

 

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MICROSCOPIC EXPLORATIONS EQUIPMENT

Everything you need is included except an onion and a slice of bread:

Student Lesson Book & Parent Guide (See an Example)
Pocket Microscope (See Details of Microscope)
4 batteries and spare light bulb
petri dishes & colored plastic plates
pipettes & forceps
quick forming crystal solution (salicylic acid in alcohol)
samples of fabrics, salt & sugar
kit for constructing an insect slide trap (with microscope slides, cork sheets & rubber bands)
Extra Parts are available from our website on the Extra Parts page.


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