User Manual

Some More Ideas for Observation
Children: get adult’s permission before trying any experiments!
1. Crystals: Place a few grains of dry salt or sugar on a slide to observe. Mix
salt with a spoonful of warm water in the graduated cylinder and then use
the plastic transfer pipet to place a couple drops on a blank slide. Let it dry
and observe the re-crystallized salt/sugar.
2. Shake some grains of pollen from a flower onto a blank slide. Now observe!
3. Hairs, including pet hair, or pieces of feathers, can be observed. Try
comparing hairs from various animals. You can use a small piece of tape at
each end of the hair to hold it on the slide.
4. Observe fibers in different kinds of paper, printing from a newspaper or
typewriter. Look at the color in comics. Compare threads or fibers from
different types of fabric.
5. Stagnant water from a pond will contain live organisms. Place a drop into the
well of a blank slide for observation.
6. Many specimens may look transparent under the microscope. It’s common to
stain them to make the cells show up better. Iodine is a common stain. Or try
soaking your tissue specimens in a solution of ordinary food color and water
for a couple of minutes to stain them. Use the tweezers to pick up the “stained”
specimen. Allow the “stained” specimen to dry before mounting it to the slide.
Caution: Remember the stain will color anything else it touches, not just your
specimen, so be careful with furniture and clothing.
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Accessories
My First Lab
TM
Mini Duo-Scope comes complete with the following
accessories:
1. 1 Brine Shrimp Eggs Specimen Vial
2. 1 Yeast Specimen Vial
3. 3 Empty Specimen Vials
4. Graduated Cylinder
5. 8 Blank Slides
6. Hatchery
7. Specimen Slicer
8. 3 Prepared Slides
9. 8 Slide Labels & 8 Cover Slips
10. Plastic Transfer Pipet
11. Magnifying Glass
12. Plastic Forceps
Everything is ready, so let’s start the scientific study and adventure
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Note: *Adult supervision required for experiments and slide preparation.*
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