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.

Ordering information: Viewers are available separately.

Delivery information: 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×).