The Basic Microscope Kit is an introductory Do-It-Yourself microscope made from affordable and easy to find parts. 

## Goals

This project was started as a collaboration between Public Lab and [Parts & Crafts](http://partsandcrafts.org). The goals of the project are:

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## Getting started

(coming soon)

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## Questions

[questions:basic-microscope]

## Activities

[activities:basic-microscope]

## Challenges

We're working to refine and improve DIY spectrometry on a number of fronts; here, take a look at the leading challenges we're hoping to solve, and post your own. For now, we're using the Q&A feature, so just click "Ask a question" to post your own challenge.

[questions:basic-microscope-challenge]

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## People

Folks involved in getting this project started include:

[people:group:partsandcrafts]

And @bmela! Not sure why she's not showing up here, but it's a bug!