It is a decent one, not big $, but I like to look at stuff under it, I got a live fly from the window sill that was near death---that thing was spooky, they have lots of hair on them, salt is neat, chalk also, I am growing something in a petri dish out of bread and water, I had one as a kid but it was hard to use--I would recommend one for pre teens, can't hurt, anything to keep them off of the games for a while!