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High power compound microscopes are ideal for viewing pond water, bacteria, blood cells, protozoa or cell mitosis. You may be interested in adding a science starter kit which includes prepared slides, blank slides, an activity book on PDF flash drive and all the items needed to get started. Or pair your microscope with a prepared slide kit. Microscopes can be great gift ideas for students, collectors, scientists, and hobbyists. We also have microscope specials on items that are overstocked.   MICROSCOPE Packages   $99 $247 $136 $99 $22 $345-$269 Kids Microscope Student Microscope 24 Slide Package 20x Microscope with  Reptile Slides Science Set: Slides, Activity Book, Starter Kit Microscope, Protozoan Book & Prepared Slides 40x, 100x, 400x Operates Corded or Cordless LED Includes 5 Prepared Slides 40x, 100x, 400x Cordless Rechargeable LED microscope Coarse & Fine Focus Carrying Handle 20x No cords Includes 5 reptile / amphibian slides Perfect first microscope! USB PDF Activity Handbook Prepared Slides Blank Slides Eyedropper Cover Slips Depression Slides High School Microscope 40x, 100x, 400x Protozoan and Protists Microscope Activity Book 15 Prepared Slides   Low power microscopes are perfect for viewing stamps, coins, rocks, flowers, anything you might hold in your hand! Click here to view other ideas of items you can view with a low power microscope.               Microscope Educational Materials and Slides   $685 $615 $299 $249 $499 $385 $59 $11-22 HS-3B Binocular High School Microscope HS1 High School Microscope HS-3M High School Microscope  Protozoan Book  Microscope Prepared Slides HS-3B-3 = 40x, 100x, 400x HS-3B = 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x Cordless Rechargeable LED Mechanical Stage Cord Holder 40x, 100x, 400x Operates Corded or Cordless (Rechargeable) Optional Mechanical Stage Coarse & Fine Focus LED HS-3M-3 = 40x, 100x, 400x HS-3M-4 = 40x, 100x,  400x, 1000x Operate Corded or Cordless (Rechargeable) Mechanical Stage Cord Storage Protists & Protozoan Book Illustrations Worksheets Frogs Botany Histology Insects Lichen and Fungi Major Organs and Blood Mammal Organs Zoology  DIGITAL & TABLET MICROSCOPES           $386 $349 $1,310 $1,179 $3,460 $549 $449 $2,565 $2,305   MDS1-D Digital Middle School Microscope S2LCD-BL Digital Stereo Microscope ZEISS Primostar 3 Digital HD Microscope HS-1D 3mp Student Microscope RB20 Digital LCD Lab Microscope     40x, 100x, 400x Cordless Rechargeable LED 3mp Camera for PC Capture Images / Video Carrying Handle 10x and 30x Top and Bottom LED Lights 12" LCD Monitor HD Camera 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x Corded LED Mechanical Stage HD Camera, 2mp SD Capture 12" HD Monitor 40x, 100x, 400x, 3mp Camera Optional Mechanical Stage Software for PC only Capture Images / Video 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x Infinity Corrected Plan Achromat Mechanical Stage 12" LCD Monitor HD Camera SD Card Capture     MICROSCOPE CLOSE OUT SPECIALS - CLICK HERE Limited Quantities

Not sure which type of microscope is best?

High power microscopes go to 400x and beyond and are used to look at specimens you can not view with the naked eye. Samples are placed on microscope slides and covered on top with a "cover slip." High power microscopes are more popular as gifts than low power microscopes as there are more activities and investigations that can be done with them. Our two most popular (high power) models sold as gifts are the student microscope 24 slide kit package and the HS-1M High School Microscope.

If you want to look at larger items (greater than 2mm) such as a whole insect, coins, stamps, gems minerals or sand grains then you should look at the low power microscopes. Our two most popular low power microscopes are the S2-BL stereo microscope for dual magnification (10x / 30x), and the S6 Stereo Zoom Microscope for zoom (7x - 45x) and the ZEISS Stemi 305 for brightfield / darkfield (8x - 40x).

Digital microscopes perform the same functions, but also include a camera (in some cases a monitor) and software. You can connect the microscope to the computer to view a live image on your screen, as well as capture and save images and video! Recommend high power digital models are the MDS1-D digital middle school microscope and the RB20 LCD Digital Microscope. Low power digital microscopes we recommend as gifts are the S6-LCD Stereo Zoom microscope and the S2D-SPS dual power digital stereo microscope.