2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21
A toy children's microscope is a fairly complex device, and not cheap, so you should approach its purchase responsibly. To choose the right model, you need to clearly understand for what purpose it is being purchased.
Not only fun
Toy microscope - a great gift for a baby. Classes with him develop curiosity, arouse interest in the world of animate and inanimate nature. Conducting experiments with a microscope, children are transformed before their eyes. They can sit at it for hours, looking at the most unexpected objects, with interest they complete tasks in chemistry, physics and biology, which increase their level of knowledge.
Slices of onions and apples, leaves of plants and indoor flowers, plant pollen, pieces of paper, bread crumbs and mold, insects and their parts can be examined under a microscope. All this can be seen through a children's microscope with a 100-300x magnification and the presence of illumination of transmitted or reflected light. With a more serious increase, you can already see erythrocytes - red cells in a drop of blood. In serious training models, it is even possible to detect the simplest microorganisms moving in a drop of water (if the water is tinted). This can be done with alcoholiodine, fucorcin, baby blue and other dyes.
The microscope, the photo of which is given here, will absolutely delight your baby with its bright design and ease of use! This wonderful gift will develop in the child logical thinking, observation, perseverance, the desire to achieve results. Both children and parents discover many interesting and unusual things with the help of a magical device. A kid who did not know yesterday what a microscope looks like, today, with passion, explores everything that is enough for imagination.
Kids Models
There are several types of toy microscopes for children. The easiest option is a microscope toy for a preschooler. It is intended for kids, but, despite this, the device is quite complex and interesting even for an adult. Such models are quite unpretentious. It makes sense to acquire them if you want to captivate your baby with the most interesting world of biology from childhood.
The next variety is an educational children's microscope for schoolchildren. Its cost is higher, and the device itself is an order of magnitude more complicated. Such a device allows you to conduct the necessary experiments in the lessons of natural science and biology.
Student microscopes (the name speaks for itself) are used to train specialists in specialized universities, and are also widely used in carrying out standard procedures in various fields of science. Sometimes they are called routine. They provide sufficient accuracy of research, which explains their quite "adult" cost.
The microscope, the photo of which you see here, already has quite an "adult" design and "serious" functions. Such a device is suitable for a schoolboy and even a student.
Adult models
Working microscopes are the next quality category. Such devices are used in laboratory experiments for serious research, provide high image quality. It makes sense to buy it for a schoolboy only in case of a serious passion for biology.
Laboratory microscopes, which have interchangeable modules and serve both for everyday use and for serious research work, are usually produced in small quantities and are nevertheless very popular.
Children's set - microscope and telescope - another novelty on the market. This is a model that combines both of these devices at once. A telescope-microscope for children most often has a set of lenses for each function and a diagonal mirror. The increase in such models is usually very strong. The telescopic lens has a diameter of about 40 millimeters and a focal length of about 500 millimeters.
How to make the right choice
When buying, you should take into account the age of the child, the level of mental development and inclination, as well as their own solvency. There are a huge number of models on the market today, which are not so easy to understand. Most often, for younger children, they buy a toy device with a small magnification factor, intended mainly for initial acquaintance with the microworld and conducting simple experiments. Babywho does not yet know what a microscope looks like, explain its purpose in an accessible language and make sure that the child is interested.
Products of Chinese manufacturers with their relative cheapness can not always justify even their low cost. Do not believe if the packaging of a Chinese children's microscope indicates a magnification of more than 300 times. For products in the price group up to $60, the optics are not so high quality, high magnification numbers are nothing more than a publicity stunt.
Buy baby
If the child is still a kindergartner, it is too early for him to buy a device for a schoolchild. As a toy for preschoolers, it is better to choose the model "Young Biologist 40" or "Children's Microscope DMS-1". These simple devices have a 40x magnification, which is quite enough for a young researcher, they have a simple shape and stable construction, as well as a low price.
There are even glamorous microscopes for young ladies, made in a special girlish (like pink) design. Some of them are a compact hybrid of a microscope and a mini-telescope that can fit in your pocket.
Buying a student
An older child can get a microscope with a higher magnification or even a digital model that has much more room for experimentation. Children's microscopes are equipped with illumination, goggles, color filters. The kit includes all the necessary tools and accessories for the job.experiences.
An example of a toy microscope for a child over 8 years old is a model with a magnification of 100 to 300 times, made of durable material and equipped with glass optics, a projector and a light. Glass lenses provide excellent image quality. The object table is illuminated by an LED lamp. The kit, as a rule, includes up to several dozen accessories for experiments, glasses, filters, a Petri dish, a glass rod, a magnifying glass and much more, as well as ready-made samples for research. The cost of such microscopes is usually around one and a half thousand rubles.
What to look for when buying
If you have decided on the purpose of the purchase and the optimal cost, it makes sense to consider specific models. A children's microscope can be both domestic and imported (most often Chinese). You should pay attention to the optics. If the lenses are plastic, rubbing them will scratch them. Lenses with low magnification, especially Chinese ones, often do not give a clear picture - only streaks.
If the illumination is provided by an incandescent bulb, it may not be effective. Better choose LED lighting. It is better if the backlight mirror is curved - for greater focusing of light. It should be well fixed and be protected from scratches.
The lenses of the eyepiece and especially the objective must be glass. The resolution and image quality depend on the lens. The tube and tripod of the microscope should preferably be metal. BrightnessLED backlight should be adjustable. Unlike incandescent bulbs, LEDs provide more natural light and do not get hot, so they are more reliable.
About accessories
It is worth paying attention to the number of accessories sold in the kit, the convenience of their use and storage, as well as the availability of detailed explanatory instructions. Modern models of children's microscopes are usually sold in a set with many useful accessories that allow you to look at whatever your heart desires. Samples may also be included for inspection, such as animal hairs, etc.
Children's microscope, consisting of plastic parts, it is justified to buy a young child to ensure safety. A little older children are recommended to purchase models with glass lenses and a glass slide. In addition, parents usually help prepare samples for children to look at.
What else parents need to know
Setting up the device and preparing preparations is a rather responsible process. Whatever one may say, this is the task of parents, and the role of children is to watch, listen to explanations and assimilate new knowledge.
Microscope with high magnification requires some experience. For everyday experiments, a magnification of 40 to 200 times is sufficient. There is an opinion that it makes sense for those who want to seriously interest a child in the wonders of biology to purchase an old domestic medical microscope, laboratory or industrial. Such a microscope canpurchased in good condition. If you are buying a Chinese toy, don't go for high magnification, better take care of the build quality and ease of adjustment.
The gears of the microscope drive slide easily against each other thanks to a lubricant that will have to be changed after several years of operation. Otherwise, the control of the moving parts will be too tight and the wheels may be damaged.
Children's microscope: reviews
According to buyers, microscopes, as a rule, correspond to the declared characteristics. It is still better for adults to adjust them, since accuracy and smooth adjustment are required. Children look with great interest at the wool samples provided in the kit, as well as grains of sugar and s alt. Thanks to color filters, ordinary s alt crystals look like a fantastic space landscape.
Other consumers in their reviews complain about difficulties with setting, especially in Chinese models, they believe that, no matter how hard they tried, they could not achieve good picture quality. Some buyers have decided that inexpensive Chinese microscopes are suitable only for the entertainment of a child of preschool age, and leave much to be desired as a teaching aid for a schoolchild. But the majority nevertheless came to the conclusion that at the declared price, a children's microscope (reviews are given about the Microscope for School (9001 PS) model) is fully consistent with its purpose and can be used in biology lessons.
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