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The best gift I've given recently is a ~$10 hand-held 100x microscope. Super durable and tiny and fun to play with. Good for all ages. I think it was this one:
by tgb 10y ago
The best gift I've given recently is a ~$10 hand-held 100x microscope. Super durable and tiny and fun to play with. Good for all ages. I think it was this one: https://www.amazon.com/Carson-60X-100X-MicroMax-Microscope-MM-200/dp/B000P8AUMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474815916&sr=8-1&keywords=hand-held+microscope https://www.amazon.com/Carson-60X-100X-MicroMax-Microscope-M... The main downside over a 'real' microscope is that it's not back-lit and can't really be used with slides, which means you can't really look at microbes. But there's still a ton of things you can examine at that zoom level, like the fibers in your clothing, that you otherwise totally miss.
- astazangasta 10y agoSeems pretty easy to combine with a $4 LED flashlight for a light source.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoOr an LED video light. Slightly more expensive ($13), but is flat and comes with a diffuser to provide pretty uniform light, so should me much easier to use with microscope slides. This one even has adjustable brightness: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00SWIKYIU/&qid=1474820232 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00SWIKYIU/&qid=1474820232
- DanBC 10y agoFor stuff in water there's the water drop + laser microscope. I'm going to try this with my kid. Here's one video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHSys_pIEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHSys_pIEA