Update: I ordered a Smartphone Microscope adapter from Amazon to try. Usually, the smartphone’s camera quality governs the image quality. I want to try using a smart phone with a traditional, light microscope.
I’m charging an old iPhone 4 for lab Thursday. The kids are using traditional microscopes, digital microscopes, and Clip-on Microscopes for cell phones. I pulled out bacterial and protozoan microscope slides. Below are a few pix to compare the resolution with the different devices. I ordered a couple Samsung 303 c312 Chromebooks from eBay, just to use with the digital microscopes. The clip-on microscope for the cell phone has limited resolution. However, it’s under $5 from Walmart—due to arrive in two or three weeks. Despite the limitations, even a clip-on microscope gives kids the experience of using a microscope. Turn them loose to look at various objects in your house.
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