You supply
Common household items you provide
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)
- 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.
