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Instruction Manual
Meade 900X Microscope
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Your new MEADE 900X Microscope is a doorway to new and exciting adventures and is designed to bring hours of enjoyment, wonder and just plain fun...discover the hidden microscopic world around you! Before trying out your new equipment, please take the time to read the important Cautionary and Safety information below. CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS NOTE: This set may include chemicals that could be harmful if misused. Read all cautionary statements in this Manual. This also contains instru- ments and o
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aid information carefully. Keep them on hand for reference. b) The incorrect use of chemicals can cause injury and damage to one’s health. Use only the slide preparations listed in the instruc- tions. c) This microscope is for children 8 years and up, and only with adult supervision. d) Because children’s abilities vary, even within age groups, supervising adults should exercise discretion regarding which slide preparations are suitable and safe for children. The instructions should aid adults i
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Let’s Begin! Microscope Features Carefully lift the microscope from Take a few moments to study the box using two hands. Place Figure 1 and become familiar with one hand around the microscope the various parts and features of arm and the other under the base. your microscope. For best results, use the micro- A. Tweezers scope on flat, sturdy surfaces. B. Scalpel Always be mindful of your mirror C. Spatula and light source. The more light D. Prepared Slides that is reflected or transmitted E. B
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I. Slide Cover Slips J. Color Filter. Use this filter to add color and enhance an image in the eyepiece. TIP: Begin viewing at the lowest mag- K. Butterfly Specimen nification or power L. Petri Dish and focus the M. Brine Shrimp Hatchery object. Once the N. Eyedropper image is focused, increase magnifi- O. Micro-slicer cation by turning P. The Eyepiece with fixed lens that has a 10X the objective turret magnification. Remove the dust cover from and refocus. the eyepiece and put it aside in a sa
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T. The Stage Clips (2) hold the glass slide firmly onto the stage. U. Mirror/Light Source. While holding the TIP: Always keep base down, pull on the arm to tip the micro- both eyes open scope back. Examine the mirror and light when looking source located below the stage to see how through the eye- you can adjust them, and choose one or the piece. Doing so other. The light source turns on automatical- will relieve stress ly when tipped upwards toward the stage. on your eyes. The mirror gathers an
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the 10X eyepiece into the microscope, if nec- CAUTION: Be essary. Turn the objective turret (R, Fig. 1) to careful not to touch the shortest objective (4X). the slide with the 2. Put one of the prepared glass slides (D, Fig. objective lens. You 1) under the stage clips (T, Fig. 1) and posi- can break the slide tion the prepared specimen over the hole in and/or the lens by the stage. touching the slide with the lens. 3. Look through the eyepiece (P, Fig. 1) and slowly turn the focus knob until th
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ors are available in this position. NOTE: Use the Install the filter as described above and turn the color filter espe- light source (U, Fig. 1) until it turns on. Set it so cially when look- it shines through the filter. Take a blank slide and ing at clear or dim place a few grains of salt or sugar on it. Rotate specimens. the filter and see how the filtered light enhances the image of the salt or sugar. The Brine Shrimp Hatchery Brine shrimp are tiny crustaceans that are ideal for study with
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vae as they develop into maturity. Without food and oxygen, the shrimp cannot develop and will die. Mature brine shrimp are known as Artemia Salina. Note: Using an eyedropper with just the right pressure to get a desired amount of liquid onto a slide can be harder than it looks. Take out a clean slide and practice squeezing a drop of water onto the slide until you feel comfortable that you can control the size of the drop that you’re squeezing out. 4. Observe the life cycle of the shrimp as they
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(make sure to ask a parent for his or her permis- sion), the desk in your room....any place where you can work undisturbed. Label 3 of your cups: clean, flush and waste. Fill the flush cup with clean water. Next, you will obtain a specimen and make your first slide. Want to See Crystals? Use a measuring cup to measure one or two Begin to start ounces of hot (but not boiling) water and pour it thinking like a sci- into a clean cup. Slowly add as much salt to the entist as you per- water as will
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Further Experiments: Try out the above proce- dure with other salts such as Epsom and Rochelle. Sugar will also crystallize, but you will need to let it dry overnight for the crystals to form. Preparing a Mount Dip your spatula (C, Fig. 1) in some clean water and make a smear across a clean slide. Use your tweezers (A, Fig. 1) to place a portion of an insect—a wing, a leg, or an antenna—on the slide. Attach a cover slip (I, Fig. 1) over the spec- imen and place the slide on the microscope stage.
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slide and place to the microscope stage. Observe the slide and write down your observa- tions. You will see hundreds of starch grains. Take a few kernels from an uncooked ear of corn. Scrape off some shavings and make a smear as you did with the potato. Compare how the corn is different from potato. Create smears of other foods such as apples, bananas, peach- es, and pineapples. You will observe that these items have membranes rather than starch. To save your slides, put gum media on a clean dr
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the waste cup. Using the eyedropper, touch the slide just above the specimen area and slowly let the water drain into the cup. With a paper towel, pat the underside of slide dry. Be very careful and try not to touch the specimen. Allow the specimen to air dry for sev- eral minutes. Some of the specimen will be flushed away, but enough will remain on the slide to make good observations. To save your slides, follow the pro- cedure described previously. The Micro-Slicer CAUTION: The Insert specim
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a handful of dry grass and a pinch or two of dirt into the jar. Put the cap on the jar and keep it in a place where it will receive light (but not direct sunlight). In about five days, you may examine the water. First make a special slide: Using a toothpick, make a ring of petroleum jelly on a clean slide. Remember, you The ring should be smaller than a cover slip and can make a speci- be about half as thick as a slide. men slide out of almost any materi- Put a drop of water from the jar onto th
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