Microscope Set

Microscope Set

What is fun for a kid to look at under a microscope?

My daughter got a microscope for Christmas. It's the sort where light is passed through the slide, so you can't really look at chunky, opaque things too well. We've already examined our own hair and the cat's hair and the pre-prepared slides that came with the set. What else is good to look at at around 50X? (I wish I could remember what the 3 objectives are, but can't go look right now. She doesn't have the patience to focus and find things at the highest magnification (400X?), but the other 2 are good.)

you can put a salt or sugar solution on a slide and let the water evaporate and look at the crystals.

As I kid I did spend hours looking at drops of pondwater with all the microscopic critters in there. If you take a bit of soil or grass clippings and put them into a container with water for a few days to a week you also should see enough life in there.

If you don't mind to prick your finger you can look at your blood.

You can peel the really thin skin of an onion and put that on a slide and look at that.

You can look at various thin fabrics and different kinds of paper (with and without print).

You could look at film negatives.

You can also use google to find websites with ideas:
e.g.

http://www.greatscopes.com/activity.htm

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