One of my families gave our class with this wonderful Christmas gift that has was on our classroom wishlist. In all the years I have been teaching, I have been incredibly blessed and so grateful for the generosity of my classroom parents. The kids just loved, loved, loved looking at some very "interesting" slides - samples of a dog's skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and esophagus!!! As a teacher with a science background, I have to admit that I have probably been more excited about this microscope than my kids are!