Interactive Primary Newsletter 28 Digital Microscopes

Buyer’s guide The Motic DigiScope is supplied by Philip Harris now as the Philip Harris Digiscope 300. Available to order online. It includes software, step by step software guide, microscope, eyepiece, digital camera, biological and stereo stages, calibration slide, experimental manual and accessory pack (contains plastic pipette, plastic forceps, sample jar, plastic plain slides and plastic slides with specimen). An excellent instruction book and teachers’ guide is included. This pack costs £169.95. Minimum requirements to run the imaging software are: PC running Windows 98 or better, Mac OS9, 64 MB RAM (128 recommended), 300mHz, USB port, CD-ROM drive. The Intel QX-3 is sold by EDU-LAB.  NB The QX3 software is a single user licence and is not for use on a network. Minimum requirements to run the software are: A Windows USB enabled computer. Windows 98, Intel, Pentium or Celeron processor 200 MHz or faster (or equivalent), 32 MB of RAM, Min 75 MB hard disk space, Quad speed (4x) CD-ROM, 800 x 600 display, 16-bit colour, 16-bit Windows-compatible sound device, video and sound compatible with DirectX. A Digital Blue QX3 Computer Microscope Pack from EDU-LAB comprises a QX3 Microscope with stand, sample slides, tweezers and containers, software on CD and instructions costs £75.00. A version with curriculum guide costs £85.00 with PC computer requirements as above. A Macintosh Version of the QX-3 software CD costs £45 for a whole school licence. STOP PRESS (October 2004) - the QX3 computer microscope has been completely upgraded to the QX5 and will be available from Digital Blue in November 2004. EDU-LAB, Karoo Close, Bexwell Business Park, Bexwell, Norfolk PE38 9GA T:. 01366 385777, F: 01366 386535 Philip Harris Education, Findel House, Excelsior Road, Ashby Park, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1NG. T: 0845 120 4520, F: 01530 419 492, E: sales@philipharris.co.uk W: www.philipharris.co.uk Acknowledgement: We are grateful to Neil Taylor, Janette Kean and teachers in the Partnerships in Primary Science (PIPS2) Project for their assistance with this evaluation exercise.