From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 12:01:23 PDT
Message-Id: <l03110714bab77b2e5498@[192.168.111.161]> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:01:23 -0700 From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Re: pinhole microscopes
K
We just did the microscope workshop at TI, the rugged Brock Magiscope was
the lleast expensive microscope we used.
It's aboout $100
Check it out on the web.
It is really rugged and uses a solid light pipe to illuminate the subject.
Paul
>Can anyone suggest a good hardy basic microscope for home use: for me, the
>teacher and for
>the kids that I homeschool?
>
>I used to teach in a K-5 science resource room with a brand of microscope,
>but I don't
>remember its name. Made of steel apparently with no loose parts, it was
>user friendly and
>workable with focus knob and light source below.
>
>I don't have the funding sources that the school district had, so would like
>to sink my
>money into a microscope at reasonable cost (~ $100 ) -- a model that has
>proven itself durable and versatile enough to last well beyond any novelty
>use by the kids....and also for my own use beyond the classroom.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>K. Wallingford
>
>
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