Educational Insights Nancy B's Science Club Microscope
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Web ID: 7938060My Granddaughter loves this Science Kit!
My Granddaughter loved making her own slides! Educational and lots of fun!!!
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Awful
Got this for our second grade son. After only using it a couple times the lights started going dim both top and bottom. Changed the batteries and nothing different happened. It was fun while it lasted but that was not very long. Would not recommend to anyone. Waste of money.
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Disappointed - lenses were dirty internally and uncleanable
I had purchased this as a gift for my niece, having had very good luck with other products from this company in the past. I opened it and set it up to make sure I knew how it worked before giving it to her. There were two large black spots obscuring about one third of the viewing area. I attempted to clean the lenses and with over twenty years of experience with photo equipment was confident that I could do so properly without any damage added on my part. Neither of the black spots had even moved, which would seem to imply they were internal to the microscope and there was no fixing it. I also did not care for the focusing mechanism. The sliding tray seemed to catch as it moved up and down, and it was difficult to get a good focus. I was able to focus it well on the 30x and 400x lenses, but the tray would stick while trying to get it to focus on the 100x lens and I didn't see a clear image at all. Very disappointed overall, I did not expect anything lab quality, but at the price expected better. I will be returning it in hopes of finding something better quality.
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Product arrived with defective lenses (permanent dark stains
Bought as a gift to my daughter and found out on first usage that lenses were defective, stained with permanent dark spots (see pictures). In addition,zoom quality was very poor.
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Good quality microscope for kids
It's not easy to find a good quality microscope for kids that isn't too expensive. Nancy B's Science Club Microscope and Activity Journal fits the bill! The microscope comes with four prepared slides and my son poured over them so much that I ordered additional prepared slides. I was impressed by the clarity with which we were able to view the slides. I also liked the activity journal that came with the microscope. It showed us how to prepare our own slides and continue learning. The activities were fun for my son yet easy for me to assist him with so I considered the journal to be a valuable addition to the microscope.
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Great for suggested ages and also for older kids as well
I ordered the Educational Insights Nancy B's Science Club Microscope and Activity Journal and was mainly looking forward to utilizing for the science section of school for my kids (we homeschool our kids). The night we received it and took the microscope out of the box, I was amazed at how eager all of my kids were to get their hands on it! My fourteen year old son was especially excited about checking out different things under the different magnifications. When I was a kid, I had a microscope but, instead of a built-in light, I had to rely on a quarter-sized mirror at the bottom of the unit to reflect light across the specimen. Thankfully, this microscope is self-lit and it makes viewing the items on the slides a HUGE breeze! This item is great for my younger homeschooled kids in grades 1st and 3rd, but this has also proved helpful with my son's experiments in 9th grade Biology. Thanks for making such a fun and easy to use product. I anticipate relying on this tool throughout the school year and just for fun :)
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Love it!
Education Insight's Nancy B's Science Club® Microscope and Activity Journal is an absolutely wonderful product for kids! As a homeschooling mom I've been on the hunt for the perfect microscope for my daughter. She absolutely loves nature and learning about new things so I knew Nancy B's Science Club® Microscope and Activity Journal would be something she'd really enjoy. I'm blown away by the quality of this Nancy B's Science Club® Microscope. I've seen many microscopes on my hunt for the perfect one and none of them even compare to this one. I love that it has a light both on top and on bottom. It works perfectly and does 30x, 100x, and 400x magnifications which is perfect for viewing even the tiniest of things. I also love that it comes with a few sample slides so you can begin using the microscope right away. You can also use the blank slides to create your own slides which is my daughters favorite thing to do. My daughter enjoys finding new things to view and is extremely excited to use her Activity Journal to document her findings. Nancy B's Science Club® Microscope and Activity Journal is a fabulous set. I highly recommend it! It comes with everything you need to get started and is sure to be enjoyed for years to come!
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Fantastic Product!
I LOVE THIS! My kids and I spent hours looking at things like fly wings, saliva, cotton, couch fibers, etc. My eight year old wants to collect different leaves and compare them now, while my six year old wants to look at the hairs from the cats, dogs and rabbit we own to see if they look different. They can keep notes on what they see and compare and contrast them, which I think is GREAT! This is a fantastic product, especially for the value! It is easy to use and my kids were able to use it themselves with very little to no help from me. I would definitely recommend this and gift one to a few friends!
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