Lab-Aids: Soil Organism Study Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish
With simple, reusable apparatus, student easily extract, collect and study the characteristics of small arthropods in soil samples. This Lab-Aid reveals the teeming multitudes of living organisms found in the smallest sample of common, garden-variety soil.
Compare different soil samples for organism population density
Content List:
1Teacher's Guide with MSDS
20Student Worksheets and Guides
10Soil Organism Extractors
10Microscope slides
10Collecting containers with covers, transparent
5Dilute alcohol, 30 mL bottles
Classroom Planning:
Number of students: 20
To complete this kit requires at least part of one ~50-minute class period to collect the soil and, several days later, another ~50-minute class period to examine the organisms.