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Use this representative collection to introduce your students to a variety of simple living organisms.

Propagate Echinoderms to Observe Developmental Stages.

Salvinia rotundifola. This floating water fern has paired oblong leaves that are covered with hairs on both sides. The top part of the leaves are green, the underside purple. Salvinia was originally native to South America and has been introduced in the United States. It is adapted to ponds, pools, and marshes. It is supplied in a 4 oz. jar with care instructions. Note: Not available in Canada.

Sagittaria graminea. Monocot. Rooted aquarium plant with long, narrow leaves. Size: 5– 8". Package of six.

Unless otherwise noted, plants are supplied in waterproof, plastic bags that keep plants fresh and healthy. Care instructions are included. Be sure to check with your state’s Department of Agriculture for any restrictions.

Duckweed is one of the simplest flowering monocots. It has small, free-floating leaves and a single root.

Anodonta subobicularis.

This hardy, rooted plant is also known as eel grass due to the shape of its leaves. Package of 12.

Prepared reproductive tissues from Xenopus laevis. Products offered include ovaries, testes, and oocytes. 

Compare claw forms between north american mammals.

Excellent complete skeletal replica of this rare Chinese fossil placodont, a primitive sauropterygian reptile. China.

Wonderfully detailed, hand-painted, skeletal replica of a primitive Triassic nothosaur, a synaptosaurian aquatic reptile of uncertain ancestry. Resin. China.

Early fossil of a frond-like organism.

Early dragonfly with delicate wing structures preserved. From Solnhofen limestone. Resin. Germany.

Large, complete, display-quality trilobite.

This giant among trilobites comes in at nearly a foot in length. Beautifully prepared, on an 11 ³/₄×7" base. Resin. Tennessee.

A spectacular, museum-quality example of the official Ohio state fossil, it is complete, down to the genal spines. It measures 9" in length on an 11³/₄"×10¹/₂" matrix. Resin. Ohio.