The Root of a Flowering Plant Microslides

Explore the root structure of flowering plants.

Arrows help students locate important features
Mounted in a clear plastic holder that protects it on both sides
Set of 15 includes detailed lesson pan on the topic under study
Durable, economical teaching resource

Introduce junior and senior high school students to the world of microscopy with economical, unbreakable microslides. Microslides consist of a strip of film with eight photomicrographs, each reproduced exactly as you would see them through a professional microscope under ideal conditions. You can supply all your students with their own microslides.

Each microslide is accompanied by a detailed lesson plan designed to stimulate, inform, and question students about the topic under study. Each lesson plan has a pocket in which the microslide is stored. Lesson plans are printed on heavy card stock and will serve for repeated use.

: Viewers are available separately.

: Set includes 1. Buttercup root - C.S. stained (40×) 2. Central cylinder - C.S. stained (220×) 3. Epidermis and cortes - C.S. stained (75×) 4. Root cap and zone of growth - L.S. stained (34×) 5. Zone of elongation - L.S. stained (34×) 6. Zone of maturation - L.S. stained (45×) 7. Root tip - root hairs - W.M. stained (45×) 8. Epidermal cell - root hair - L.S. stained (260×).