Where to Get an Inexpensive Student Microscope for Your Teen

Looking for an inexpensive student microscope your teen can use for high school science courses?

I found some for you recently that are under $100. They include both regular microscopes and digital microscopes.

The regular scopes have the traditional monocular eyepiece. They require batteries and/or an outlet so that the light can be turned on for clear viewing.

The digital microscopes will connect to your cell phone or computer and show a magnified image of the object you are viewing on the screen. You can capture pictures with these for use in notebooking pages, journals, lab reports, and other papers. Surprisingly, the digital scopes tend to be a bit cheaper than the regular ones. They are also smaller and more lightweight which means they take up less space on your shelves and can also be taken on the go.

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Get an Inexpensive Student Microscope

AmScope M150C-I 40X-1000X All-Metal Optical Glass Lenses Cordless LED Student Biological Compound Microscope – This microscope has a 360 degree rotatable monocular head with five magnification settings: 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X and 1000X. Use it near an outlet with its adapter or put in three AA batteries.

NKEDU 100A Monocular Compound Microscope 800X LED Separate Coarse and Fine Focusing – The magnification options for this microscope are 40x, 200x, and 800x. It has a monocular viewing head and comes with both prepared slides and blank slides.

Jiusion 40 to 1000x Magnification Endoscope, 8 LED USB 2.0 Digital Microscope, Mini Camera with OTG Adapter and Metal Stand, Compatible with Mac Window 7 8 10 Android Linux – This digital microscope is very inexpensive. It will plug into your computer or phone so that you can view magnified images on a screen instead of through a monocular head.