Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Microscope Adventure Kit

by Educational Insights

Product Features

• Kids get an up close view
• Kids hear cool facts
• Kids can test their knowledge
• Fun quiz games
• 5x focusing magnifier and light for easy viewing

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 7 x 13 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002VXSR2M
• Item model number: 9450
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,037 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #98 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Science > Microscopes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Young science adventurers and junior naturalists will enjoy hours of exploration fun with the GeoSafari® Outdoor Adventure Kit. Featuring Talking Microscope with slides, Field Microscope, Bug Box and much more, this set provides all the pieces children need for year after year of interactive fun fit for experts—for a fraction of the cost of professional sets. Children check out bug body parts from ladybug spots to ant antennae, watch insects munch leafy meals, and closely examine cleverly camouflaged critters and other natural phenomena. Talking Microscope requires 3 C batteries, not included. Includes: • Talking Microscope • Outdoor Explorer • Super Sleuth Microscope • Bug Patrol • Slides

Product Description

Young science adventurers and junior naturalists will enjoy hours of exploration fun with the GeoSafari« Outdoor Adventure Kit. Featuring Talking Microscope with slides, Field Microscope, Bug Box and much more, this set provides all the pieces children need for year after year of interactive fun fit for expertsùfor a fraction of the cost of professional sets. Children check out bug body parts from ladybug spots to ant antennae, watch insects munch leafy meals, and closely examine cleverly camouflaged critters and other natural phenomena. Talking Microscope requires 3 C batteries, not included. Includes: ò Talking Microscope ò Outdoor Explorer ò Super Sleuth Microscope ò Bug Patrol ò Slides

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing abut this is a microscope, December 29, 2010

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Matthew J. Orley (Akron, OH United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Microscope Adventure Kit (Toy)

Our son received this gift on Christmas Eve. Its built well, and has a good voice, but nothing about this item is 'microscope'. The lens system offers minimal magnification of pre-PRINTED slides. That's right, these are not much more than bugs printed on plastic that are SLIGHTLY enlarged through an eye piece - and its not intended to have you create new slides. We are MUCH MUCH better off buying a book about insects, seeing the bug larger than life in photos, and reading about it together.

Save your money. This product was returned.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GeoSafari Microscope, November 9, 2010

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House of Radiance - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Microscope Adventure Kit (Toy)

Great science item for my home child care. It gets a lot of usage! They love looking,exploring, learning and sharing what they see. Worth the buy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but once it's "done," it gets boring, January 17, 2011

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Deecubed "Dee" (LaConner, WA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Microscope Adventure Kit (Toy)

I bought for my granddaughter who is six and attends a school that focuses on the environment and the eco-system. I was pleased, and so was she, with the recorded narrative of each slide that is sounded when the slide code is punched in by the child. Being the quick study she is, she learned the info after only one run-thru. The next option on the toy, is to press buttons to challenge the viewer [the child looking thru the microscope]to remember what facts were given on each slide. She remembered all of them. Hence the attraction to the microscope ended after twenty minutes.

Although there is nothing in the ad copy that describes the toy [and it IS a toy], I was hoping we could make slides from our own garden, etc., but if using this toy, one has to buy additional slides that fit the toy. Unmet expectations on my part. For me, $40 was a lot to spend for a less than half hour experience.

I will say that one reason I ordered it was that it claims to be hardy. I had read reviews of other children's microscopes, and decided against them, given that most reviews described the other microscopes as poorly made and not really good quality in terms of focus. This one IS hardy and has a little heft to it, I am guessing, because of the three C batteries in its housing.

Either my granddaughter is just too smart, or the age bracket stated for the microscope is a little off.

When we WERE enjoying it, it WAS good, but I had hoped it would be a more enduring experience.