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What use does a child have of a microscope? This is a serious question. The microscopes I had access to as a well-off kid in the US could never see anything int
by duaneb 10y ago
What use does a child have of a microscope? This is a serious question. The microscopes I had access to as a well-off kid in the US could never see anything interesting: just what I see normally but bigger, not the detail I expected. It wasn't until college I could come close to replicating anything I read about in textbooks.
Wouldn't books provide more sustainable and reliable education? What makes this the better investment?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThings in nature are fascinating - seeds and ferns and sand and bark - its a whole new world. Even a magnifying glass opens up vista.
- ashark 10y agoI always wanted this kind of "science stuff" as a kid but never did much with it when I got it. Usually it was kinda boring. One exothermic reaction or pond-water-under-a-microscope or whatever is pretty much like any other. In the case of microscopes, thats doubly true now that you can see better images of just about anything you'd care to on the Internet. None of the equipment seemed to be in service of any goal, and I didn't find it interesting in itself. Just going out and watching animals or bugs do animal or bug stuff required little or no equipment and was more fun. OTOH I got really into collecting fossils, so what do I know about what is and isn't fun?
- pmoriarty 10y agoNow if only they could build a videogame in to a microscope, kids would be hooked.