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Contains 48 individual specimens.
Product Description
Grades K - 6. Set contains 12 slides with a total of 48 specimens including pollens/spores, textiles, insects, tiny creatures, animals, and plants.
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104 of 104 people found the following review helpful
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Durability:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Learning Resources Prepared Slides Combination Set, 48 Specimens provides young scientists the opportunity to view the world in a new and different way. For a reasonable cost ($16 for me...) I'm able to share something fun and interesting with my daughter which elicits "look at this Mom..." and "what do you think a 'blank' looks like under the microscope?"
Upon close examination these are glass prepared slides. Originally I thought they weren't, but after using them a bit I noted that there is a lightweight cardboard cover over the slide to identify the specimens on each slide. Not 'excellent' slides with regards to clarity, but certainly a great starter set: easy to use, simple things to view under any magnification.
In all you receive two boxes (set one and two) which include samples labeled as follows.
-Animals: cat hair, canary feather, dog hair, sheep hair.
-Pollens & Spore: tulip pollen, leaf spore, pine tree pollen, orange pollen.
-Tiny Creatures: common red sponge, angora rabbit hair, ant, mouse fur.
-Textile Fibers: panya, nylon, wool, handmade paper.
-Insects: dragon-fly wing, worker-bee wing, bee antenna, bee abdomen.
-Plants: stem of corn, leaf of nerium, onion rind, silver berry scaly hair.
-Pollen & Spore: pollen of lily, sunflower pollen, bottle brush spore, fern spore.
-Tiny Creature: plant louse, fruit fly, shrimp egg, silk worm larva (moth)
-Textile Fibers: hemp fiber, silk stuff, cotton fibre, bemberg.
-Insects: leg of butterfly, wing of butterfly, wing of locust, let of honey bee.
-Plants: pine wood, camellia leaf section, bamboo shoot, sponge gourd.
-Animals: goldfish scale, hare hair, camel hair, feather fowl point.
Upon close examination these are glass prepared slides. Originally I thought they weren't, but after using them a bit I noted that there is a lightweight cardboard cover over the slide to identify the specimens on each slide. Not 'excellent' slides with regards to clarity, but certainly a great starter set: easy to use, simple things to view under any magnification.
In all you receive two boxes (set one and two) which include samples labeled as follows.
-Animals: cat hair, canary feather, dog hair, sheep hair.
-Pollens & Spore: tulip pollen, leaf spore, pine tree pollen, orange pollen.
-Tiny Creatures: common red sponge, angora rabbit hair, ant, mouse fur.
-Textile Fibers: panya, nylon, wool, handmade paper.
-Insects: dragon-fly wing, worker-bee wing, bee antenna, bee abdomen.
-Plants: stem of corn, leaf of nerium, onion rind, silver berry scaly hair.
-Pollen & Spore: pollen of lily, sunflower pollen, bottle brush spore, fern spore.
-Tiny Creature: plant louse, fruit fly, shrimp egg, silk worm larva (moth)
-Textile Fibers: hemp fiber, silk stuff, cotton fibre, bemberg.
-Insects: leg of butterfly, wing of butterfly, wing of locust, let of honey bee.
-Plants: pine wood, camellia leaf section, bamboo shoot, sponge gourd.
-Animals: goldfish scale, hare hair, camel hair, feather fowl point.
161 of 166 people found the following review helpful
By Uibird
Durability:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't wait to get these, but my daughter and I were very disappointed with them.They're dusty and don't have enough variety.
Who wants to see camel hair, dog hair, cat hair, sheep hair, mouse hair, etc., if there's no real distinction between them?
Also the insect slides consisted of bugs that weren't flattened properly, so what you get to see is a lump that's supposed to be an ant, another lump that's a fruitfly, and so on.
How hard is it to lay the ant flat on the slide? If it's hard for Learning Resources, they shouldn't be in the business of making slides.
I feel completely ripped off, and I feel bad that my kid doesn't get to enjoy what could've been an awesome educational experience.
Who wants to see camel hair, dog hair, cat hair, sheep hair, mouse hair, etc., if there's no real distinction between them?
Also the insect slides consisted of bugs that weren't flattened properly, so what you get to see is a lump that's supposed to be an ant, another lump that's a fruitfly, and so on.
How hard is it to lay the ant flat on the slide? If it's hard for Learning Resources, they shouldn't be in the business of making slides.
I feel completely ripped off, and I feel bad that my kid doesn't get to enjoy what could've been an awesome educational experience.
51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Great for instructional purposes, a good variety of objects, well-mounted, but the slides are quite dusty. Each specimen looks like it's floating in outer space, surrounded by a field of stars. They were probably created in an environment with poor air quality.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great selection, easy to use, perfect price.
We bought these to accompany the Educational Insights GeoSafari Tuff Scope and my 6-year old loved them right away. Bug parts, textures, fabrics, plants. Read more
Published 17 days ago by J Pr
4.0 out of 5 stars
good
slides are good for beginers and is a set of tools that they can use for science field lab work
Published 2 months ago by Ben Whisnant
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
Love these slides. They go great with the First Lab i explore scope. My daughter really enjoys working with these slides.
Published 3 months ago by Robb
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great idea for the first microscope
These area great idea to get with the first microscope you buy your child.
My boys are 5 and 6 and were too excited on christmas day to take the time to prepare their own... Read more
My boys are 5 and 6 and were too excited on christmas day to take the time to prepare their own... Read more
Published 4 months ago by amanda walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
sliced thin
Very nice. Samples are sliced thin so you get a great illumination on them. Daughter 9 loves looking at them.
Published 4 months ago by Army abroad
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
This product is of high quality for my son. He loves
I recommend this toy to everyone for their excellent design
I recommend this toy to everyone for their excellent design
Published 4 months ago by Eduardo Romero
4.0 out of 5 stars
discovery
It displays an interresting diversity of specimens. Kids loved it. Four per slides is a good set up. Helps understanding life.
Published 4 months ago by Dany Bouchard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product
The Item was just as described and perfect for the use of children. I would buy this type of product again.
Published 5 months ago by Kim A. Fix
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good pre-made slides.
I purchased these slides along with a microsope as a Christmas gift for a 7 year old. Glad that I purchased some pre-made slides. Making her own was a little too difficult. Read more
Published 13 months ago by BigMontanaEd
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect slides for new learners!
We purchased these slides along with my son's microscope. They have been wonderful! They are very simple, but perfect for beginners. There are a good variety of objects to view. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jen J.
