Equipment needed for Biology

This is a list of equipment that is not included with the kit and that will be needed.

• Aluminum foil
• Anacharis or elodea leaf
• Beef leg bone, cross section, raw
• Bowl
• Carrot, fresh
• Celery, stalk of (dicot)
• Chicken leg bone, cross section, raw
• Cloth, soft
• Coffee can
• Coin
• Corn kernel, fresh or frozen
• Crayfish, live (this is optional)
• Cup
• Dicot flowering plant
• Anacharis or Elodea plants
• Elodea plant
• Earthworm, live (optional)
• Elodea plant
• Flower (azalea, lily or gladioli)
• Freezer or refrigerator
• Funnel, small
• Glass container, wide mouth
• Gloves*
• Gum drops or jelly beans
• Hot pads
• Leaves (you have to collect these)
• Licorice, black and red
• Light source
• Matches
• Meat tenderizer
• Metal cans
• Metal skewer
• Microscope
• Monocot plant with flowers (lily tulip, etc.)
• Mushroom, fresh
• Newspaper
• Notebook or folder
• Onion
• Paper, graph
• Paper, plain
• Paper towel
• Paperclip
• Peanuts (you can substitute almonds or cashews)
• Pen
• Pen or pencil, colored black
• Pen or pencil, colored red
• Pipe cleaners
• Popsicle sticks
• Rubbing alcohol
• Ruler 12 inch
• Sharpie Pen
• Sports drink
• Squash
• Straw
• Sugar
• Timer
• Transparent tape or glue
• Vinegar
• Water
• Water, distilled
• Wooden toothpicks

*It is advisable to buy gloves and use them when dissecting. Because of differing sizes and chemical make-up (latex vs. non-latex) of gloves, we have included only 2 pair to get you started.