The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781402743290)

Get our your microscope and take a close-up look at a tiny world This book by two award-winning science authors shows you how.

Looking at little things--things too small to see with the naked eye--can be big fun. It's certainly smart science, and award-winning authors Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone are here to show kids the basics of creating their own professional-quality slides and using their own microscopes. A whole world will open up to budding scientists as they learn to identify the microscope's different pieces, practice focusing, and prepare different kinds of samples for viewing. Illustrated throughout with photomicrographs (pictures taken through a microscope), and complete with a reproducible form for documenting specimens, this fascinating, in-depth guide explains how to put bugs, water, food, plants and pollen, and even parts of the body (like fingernails) under the scope for a close-up glimpse. Of course, there are troubleshooting answers to common questions and safety instructions for parents and teachers, too.

Author: Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone
ISBN-10: 1402743297
ISBN-13: 9781402743290
Publisher: Union Square Kids
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2008
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 10.02h x 8.52w x 0.36d

Review Citation(s):
Science Books & Films 01/01/2009 pg. 35
School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 146
Science 12/05/2008 pg. 1471