"The Mystery of Lyle and Louise"

Lustrous, black 'hard coal'.

Black, soft; most widely mined.

Brownish black, intermediate stage between peat and bituminous coal.

Coarse, 'salt and pepper': dark pyroxene and light andesine. Provides perfect representation of an intermediate igneous rock.

Organized, economical survey of fossils.

Ward’s® PURE Preserved™ Specimens - the best dissection experience from start to finish.

When minerals, rocks, and fossils cannot be accurately identified by macroscopic observation and testing, thin section slides can reveal the composition and structure of the specimens on a microscopic level.

Light gray, compact, hard, opaque, microcrystalline silica mineral.

Museum mounts are the ideal supplement for classroom dissection.

These organisms help keep your freshwater aquarium clean by eating algae and detritus; they won’t eat any plants included in the aquarium.

A collection of some of the more popular forms of coliphage. The successful culture of coliphage requires growing in the appropriate host bacterium (available separately)

Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They can be carnivorous as well as photosyntheic due to their symbiotic relationship with green algae Zoochlorellae.

These fascinating frogs are uniquely adapted for climbing, with prominent adhesive pads on the ends of their digits.

Volvox aureus is a species of colonial green algae that forms spherical colonies of cells.

Cellular slime mold. Demonstrates amoeboid state, pseudoplasmodial state, and fruiting body, or sorocarp.

The nocturnal hermit crab uses “borrowed” shells to protect its relatively soft body, changing shells as it grows larger.