The Celestron Microscope Kit is a great way to get your little scientist off to a good start. The kit comes with a number of items, including rocks, a honeybee wing, and shrimp, to stimulate curiosity. The microscope also comes with items to help examine specimens, including: a needle probe, eye dropper, tweezer, 2 blank glass slides, 3 prepared glass slides, 1 hole slide, and a light diffuser. The microscope itself is a monocular biological scope with a 10x to 20x eyepiece and 4x, 15x, and 30x objectives. The microscope has powers from 40x to 600x.
| Microscope Type | Biological |
| Eyepiece | Zoom, glass optics, power from 10x to 20x |
| Nosepiece | Triple with click stop |
| Objective(s) | 4x, 15x, 30x |
| Head | Monocular |
| Focuser | Coarse focus - dual knobs |
| Light Source | Top: Pen light style, uses 2 'AAA' batteries Bottom: Uses 2 'AA' batteries |
| Specimen Stage | Plain stage with metal clips |
| Overall Dimensions | 5.25 x 3.13 x 9.75" / 133 x 79 x 248mm |
| Weight | 22 oz / 624g |