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Great Lakes Aquarium > Education > K-12 Learning > Teacher Resource Center > Light Microscopes
Magiscopes

Light Microscopes

Skills: Observation Using tools

Grade Levels: Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Grades K-2

Resource Types: Equipment and Props

Settings: Indoors Outdoors

Easy to use, durable light microscopes can be used to observe anything from single cells to sand to animal parts.

Magnification begins at 200x. There are 16 microscopes are available in two sets of 8. Microscopes travel in a special protective carrying case.

Credit: Minnesota Sea Grant Program

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