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25 Konus Prepared Slides General Biology in USA - This series is taylor-made for the scientist of tomorrow, who want to begin thir journey into Biology, from the simplest organism (such as bacteria, protozoa and unicellular beings) to more complex plants and animals.
? Packed in a practical and attractive wooden box.
? Every slides features an individual description of the related specimen in 8 languages.
? Every set includes the description of the whole 34 series of the Konus range of slides, embracing many different themes.
? Every set is introduced and commented by a professor of a renowed University.
1. Unicellular animal (Amoebe or other)
2. Paramecium sp. whole mount.
3. Hydra sp. whole mount.
4. Daphnia sp. whole mount.
5. Lumbricus (earthworm) transversal section.
6. House fly, mouth parts, whole mount.
7. Honey bee, mouth parts, whole mount.
8.Honey bee, posterior leg.
9. Simple flat epithelium, whole mount.
10. Skeletal muscel, lateral section.
11. Human blood smear.
12. Frog blood smear.
13. Lung, section.
14. Artery and vein.
15. Human skin, section thorugh hair follicle.
16. Three types of bacteria, smear.
17. Spirogyra coniugation, whole mount.
18. Volvox, whole mount.
19. Moss, whole mount.
20. Mitosis onion root tip cells, section.
21. Monocot + Dicot roots
22. Monocot and Dicot stems
23. Tilia one year stem.
24. Tilia three year stem
25. Monocot and dicot leaves
This review is from : 25 Konus Prepared Slides General Biology
Disappointing quality . I reviewed this same product here on Amazon but since it was a different vendor apparently the review doesn't show up both places. For the sake of other customers I thought I'd post some of the same information here, since there are precious few reviews of products like these.
We got this same set of 25 slides for use by a middle-schooler with a strong interest in the subject, for whom this should have been just right for home use. The idea was that it would (as the product name and description suggest) provide an overall introduction to Biology. If -- repeat IF -- every slide in the box showed what it was supposed to, and did so clearly, then it would be ideal for that purpose. But it doesn't.
The plan (and advertised claim) is that you can see one-celled organisms, then simple organisms, and then parts or samples from complex organisms, even including some human tissue. Both the plant and animal kingdoms are represented. It's a great idea, but the actual kit is messed up by surprisingly sloppy handling and production by Konus.
Lots of slides had broken or bent-up specimens. The slides themselves were all fine -- no broken glass or anything. No, the people who handled the specimens and put them under the glass were careless, and as a result too many slides do not show what they are supposed to.
On a couple of slides we could not even find anything that resembled the description on the label. We have a decent-quality student microscope that was able to see everything on the other slides, so I believe the slides in question were indeed devoid of intact samples.
And when I say, "see everything" that includes way too much dust on nearly every slide. The microscope could see the dust clear as day. And in a couple of cases, slides included human hairs, threads from somebody's clothing, etc. Yechh. Yes, you can buy slides of human hairs -- but that's not what these were supposed to be!
We went to a lot of trouble in choosing these, and paying slightly more than for kits in which the "plan" is less clear. (Amazon sells various "sets" of slides that have a cross section of miscellaneous stuff, that would not really serve for any kind of organized scientific study.)
This set is theoretically designed for genuine educational use, but only a few of the slides are clear enough to show what the label states without a lot of guesswork. That disrupts any attempt to look at the slides in an organized sequence, and to learn about living structures getting more complex, etc. -- too many links in the chain are missing or too hard to see.
It is possible that another shopper might get a kit with better production and quality control, which is why I gave it three stars. If you could get this whole set without dust, and every specimen intact and properly stained, it could be great. But I suspect that's really impossible at the kinds of prices these things sell for. If we ever get serious about this I guess we'll try again and expect to pay a whole lot more.
Note: I assume -- but don't know -- that the smaller Konus sets are merely subsets of this one. So presumably the quality is no better than this, but who knows. Perhaps other customers will have better luck. In any case, now you know.
Disappointing quality . I reviewed this same product here on Amazon but since it was a different vendor apparently the review doesn't show up both places. For the sake of other customers I thought I'd post some of the same information here, since there are precious few reviews of products like these.
We got this same set of 25 slides for use by a middle-schooler with a strong interest in the subject, for whom this should have been just right for home use. The idea was that it would (as the product name and description suggest) provide an overall introduction to Biology. If -- repeat IF -- every slide in the box showed what it was supposed to, and did so clearly, then it would be ideal for that purpose. But it doesn't.
The plan (and advertised claim) is that you can see one-celled organisms, then simple organisms, and then parts or samples from complex organisms, even including some human tissue. Both the plant and animal kingdoms are represented. It's a great idea, but the actual kit is messed up by surprisingly sloppy handling and production by Konus.
Lots of slides had broken or bent-up specimens. The slides themselves were all fine -- no broken glass or anything. No, the people who handled the specimens and put them under the glass were careless, and as a result too many slides do not show what they are supposed to.
On a couple of slides we could not even find anything that resembled the description on the label. We have a decent-quality student microscope that was able to see everything on the other slides, so I believe the slides in question were indeed devoid of intact samples.
And when I say, "see everything" that includes way too much dust on nearly every slide. The microscope could see the dust clear as day. And in a couple of cases, slides included human hairs, threads from somebody's clothing, etc. Yechh. Yes, you can buy slides of human hairs -- but that's not what these were supposed to be!
We went to a lot of trouble in choosing these, and paying slightly more than for kits in which the "plan" is less clear. (Amazon sells various "sets" of slides that have a cross section of miscellaneous stuff, that would not really serve for any kind of organized scientific study.)
This set is theoretically designed for genuine educational use, but only a few of the slides are clear enough to show what the label states without a lot of guesswork. That disrupts any attempt to look at the slides in an organized sequence, and to learn about living structures getting more complex, etc. -- too many links in the chain are missing or too hard to see.
It is possible that another shopper might get a kit with better production and quality control, which is why I gave it three stars. If you could get this whole set without dust, and every specimen intact and properly stained, it could be great. But I suspect that's really impossible at the kinds of prices these things sell for. If we ever get serious about this I guess we'll try again and expect to pay a whole lot more.
Note: I assume -- but don't know -- that the smaller Konus sets are merely subsets of this one. So presumably the quality is no better than this, but who knows. Perhaps other customers will have better luck. In any case, now you know.
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Feature 25 Konus Prepared Slides General Biology
- Every slides features an individual description of the related specimen in 8 languages.
- Packed in a practical and attractive wooden box.
Product Details
EAN : 0698156049761UPC : 698156049761
MPN : 4976
Brand : Konus
Weight : 1 pounds
Binding : Office Product
Manufacturer : Konus
Model : 4976
Publisher : Konus
SKU : 14263
Studio : Konus
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