**This course has 3 kinds of labs:** 1. Household (15 labs) 2. Microscope (19 labs) 3. Dissection (4 labs) If you want to do ALL of the labs, you will need a microscope kit that includes a high quality high school microscope along with the slide set. You will also need the dissection kit. ...
The sponge slide listed in the Materials section for Experiment 13.1 is labeled Grantia Spicules in the prepared slide set that accompanies the Biology 3rd edition course. ...
The prepared slides used in Biology 3rd Edition are the same ones used in the 2nd edition. There is just one extra slide that will not be used in the 3rd edition. ...
The microscope that we offer has been especially chosen for our biology courses. It has 3 magnifications (40,100,400), a built-in light source, an iris to change the intensity of the light, separate coarse and fine focus knobs, and is DIN standard. The model is National Optical Model 131-CLED and is listed as an “advan...
If you have trouble seeing organisms in this experiment, it is usually because of lack of patience or improper focus. * Make sure you stay at LOW POWER while you scan the slide. Scan it SLOWLY, looking for little dots that move. When you find them, ONLY THEN should you go to higher magnification. You will spend the...