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Making Movies

Choosing your specimens

Your Digital Blue QX5

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Computer Microscope came with two

containment dishes. What can you put in them? Well, if you’ve got an

aquarium, how about fish food? Live fish food. You can view and

take movies of tubifex worms and brine shrimp, which are examples

of live fish foods.

And, how about some of that green stuff growing on the glass? It’s

called algae and is a simple plant.

Even if you don’t have fish to feed, you can grow brine shrimp just for

fun. Or you can buy some at a pet shop.

Once you’ve got some living brine shrimp, use your eyedropper to

suck up a few of the tiny shrimp and put them into a containment

dish to watch and record them. Use low magnification with bottom

light.

It’s important to prepare your sample in another room, away from the

computer. Bring the sample to the microscope after it’s ready. This

prevents accidents that could damage the microscope or your

computer.

Magnification

The size of your specimen is important. To get the most out of your

QX5

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microscope remember this simple guide:

 At low magnification, you’re seeing an area about the size

of a drawing pin or a pencil rubber.

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