{"product_id":"junior-monocular-microscope-400x","title":"Junior Monocular Microscope 400x","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA real compound microscope, scaled for a junior classroom\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonocular compound microscope. 10x eyepiece with 4x, 10x and 40x objectives, giving 40x, 100x and 400x. LED illumination, disc diaphragm, coarse focus. 160 x 114 x 310mm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinction that matters when you are buying: this is a \u003cstrong\u003ecompound\u003c\/strong\u003e microscope, so it looks \u003cem\u003ethrough\u003c\/em\u003e thin specimens on a slide - onion cells, pond water, a cross-section of a leaf. It is not the one for looking at a beetle or a coin. That is the stereo microscope, which is a different instrument for a different job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 400x students can see individual plant cells and their nuclei, which is the point at which biology stops being a diagram in a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy the junior model rather than a full lab microscope:\u003c\/strong\u003e coarse focus only, so a student cannot lose the image chasing a fine adjustment; LED rather than a mirror or a hot bulb; and a base heavy enough that it does not walk across the bench. It is compact enough to store thirty of them, which is what makes a class set realistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy prepared slides with it - a first lesson with a microscope and nothing to look at is a wasted lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MTA Essentials","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53792745685355,"sku":"EVSER1052630","price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/ser1052630_microscope-8211-monocular-junior-8211-4-10-40x.webp?v=1788352091","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/junior-monocular-microscope-400x","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}