Want to watch the little squirming creatures in a drop of pond water? See a fly's eye? Your skin cells? This microscope has three turrets for magnifications of 40x, 100x and 400x. It has an LED illumination and a fascinating electronic camera that plugs into a USB port. The kit also includes many extras, including a dissecting kit, many spare glass slides and covers, pre-prepared slides of many fascinating items and an instruction manual. This is not a "toy", but a genuinely useful microscope, a wonderful gift for any enquiring young mind!