Microscope Holiday Gift Guide
Dec 4th 2025
The holidays provide a great opportunity to give an educational gift that can expand interest in science and the world around us. Whether you are looking for a kids microscope, or a gift for an adult, Microscope World has options. If you would prefer to speak with a microscope specialist, give us a call, we are happy to help.
Complete Microscope Sets
These microscope gifts come complete with slides and everything you need to view samples.
MDS1-Kit Microscope with Prepared Slides
This middle school microscope includes a set of 24 prepared slides that range from insects to plants. LED light is cool. Coarse and fine focusing.
Operate Corded or Cordless, includes recharger.
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x.
Warranty: 5 Years
Kid's Microscope Starter Kit 102-Kit
This kids microscope includes a set of 5 prepared slides - your choice of frogs, insect wings, lichen and funghi, insects, or major organs and blood. LED light is cool. Coarse focusing.
Operate Corded or Cordless, includes recharger.
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x.
Warranty: 1 Year
20x Stereo Microscope with Insects 185-SP
This 20x stereo microscope includes 5 insect prepared slides. This low power microscope is ideal for viewing flowers, rocks, small toys, anything you might find around the house or in the yard outside.
No electricity required, does not have a light.
Magnification: 20x
Warranty: 1 Year
Compound Biological Microscopes
These microscopes are a bit more advanced and are best for high school ages and above.
HS-3M Monocular Student Microscope
This high school level biological microscope has a built-in mechanical stage, cool LED illumination, and holds 4 objective lenses. Coarse and fine focusing.
Operate Corded or Cordless, includes recharger.
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x, Optional 1000x
Warranty: 5 Years
BA210LCD Digital Tablet Microscope
This clinical lab microscope has a built-in mechanical stage, cool LED illumination, and coarse and fine focusing. The camera provides a live image on the 13" HD monitor.
Corded microscope
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x
Camera: 2mp camera with HD 1080p live resolution, 13" HD monitor
Warranty: 5 Years for microscope, 1 year for camera and monitor
HS-1M Basic High School Microscope
This is our most popular high school microscope. There is an option to attach a mechanical stage. Cool LED light. Coarse and fine focusing.
Operate Corded or Cordless, includes recharger.
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x
Warranty: 5 Years
UX1-WiFi Digital WiFi Microscope
This microscope includes a wifi camera. View images on your phone or tablet from the microscope. Includes built-in mechanical stage, cool LED light, coarse and fine focusing.
Microscope operates Corded or Cordless, includes recharger. Camera must be plugged in for operation.
Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x
Warranty: 5 Years for Microscope, 1 Year for WiFi camera.
Low Power Stereo Microscopes
These microscopes are great gifts for coin collectors, hobbyists and entomologists. Here is a great article with ideas of things to view with a stereo microscope.
10x - 67x Zoom Stereo Microscope S6-DL15
This stereo microscope provides continuous zoom from 10-67x. The small compact size stand has both top and bottom LED illumination.
Corded microscope.
Magnification: 10-67x Zoom
Warranty: 5 Years
Stereo Microscope 10x / 20x / 40x D-ELS-1
This stereo microscope has three set magnifications of 10x, 20x, and 40x. The stand provides LED light on the top and bottom.
Operate Corded or Cordless, includes recharger.
Magnification: 10x / 20x / 40x
Warranty: 3 Years
Microscope Accessories
Explore a variety of prepared slides including histology, plants, mammal organs, botany, frogs, insects, and lichen and fungi.
This microscope starter kit includes prepared slides, blank slides, cover slips, an eye dropper, and a PDF handbook with 29 pages of microscope activities and information on how to prepare your own slides.
These science handbooks contain activities and learning material and are available in printed format or PDF flash drive for ease of at-home printing.
Have questions about what gift might be best? Contact us or give us a call at 800-942-0528.
