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E XPERIMENT MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for Nature Discovery Kit

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Page 2: ...What s inside your experiment kit KIT CONTENTS 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 3: ...lide Fish scale Snakeskin scale Bird s feather 1 718043 17 Slide for your own specimens 1 718044 No Description Qty Item No 18 Illumination knob with large spring 1 718032 19 Battery compartment closure knob with small spring 1 718184 20 Eyepiece lens 1 718185 21 Carrying strap 1 718186 22 Electronic unit with switch LED bracket and wires 1 718028 23 Screws for housing pieces 2 718188 24 Screw for...

Page 4: ...and off you go Assembly 5 First look 12 Exploring the World with your Microscope 14 Here s where you will find suggestions for all the things you can study under your microscope Studying plants 15 Exciting bugs 16 Crime scene clues 17 TIP You will find additional information under Check It Out on pages 11 18 19 and 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Pocket Microscope ...

Page 5: ...ton cells on top of one another each with its positive end down Then insert the stack into the battery compartment again keeping the positive end down Done Mount the cover First hook it onto the closure knob and then latch it in on the left side ASSEMBLY 10 ...

Page 6: ...ustment ring It lets you switch between a low level of magnification 20 times and high magnification 40 times The focus adjustment ring moves the objective lens That adjusts the distance from the object in a way that lets you focus the image Circuit When you installed the wires and electronic components you built a circuit From the positive terminal of the battery compartment the red wire goes to ...

Page 7: ...er boards or rocks in the garden or in a lampshade inside a room Be sure to have your parents help you There are plenty of dead bugs that you will be able to find Do not kill any bugs for your experiments BUGS UP CLOSE Insects and other bugs possess an exoskeleton made of chitin On the surface you will often find hairs scales or other structures The eyes of insects consist of many individual eyes ...

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