Student microscopes are microsocpes that usually have standard features necessary to visualize a wide range of microscopic objects and are built for more than just casual use.    Of course students range in age from elementary schools to universities and so student microsocpes themselves are highly varied.  Most of our microscopes can magnify objects up to 400X  which is sufficient for almost all applications.  1000X microscopes are only needed for viewing bacteria which usually require better light sources and oil immersion as well.  Someone interested in microbiology should consider microscopes that are specially designed for microbiological research (see our research microscopes page for such scopes). 

Our suggestions for appropriate microscopes for grade range are: