Live Specimens
Live specimens are used for a wide variety of studies including studying the physiological effects of drugs on a specimen’s heartbeat and temperature on metabolism, the locomotion of microscopic organisms, and studying plant respiration, photosynthesis, plosmolysis, and more. Algal cultures form colonies of cells that are extremely easy to visualize for better understanding of cell walls and plastids, and many live specimens reproduce rapidly for quick turnover between successive tests.
Ward's® Dragon Genetics Kit
Cool and colorful dragons liven up genetics lessons.
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Ward's® Student Bacterial Culture Kit
Everything you need to safetly collect and culture bacteria and fungi from your environment
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Ward's® Live Dermestid Beetles (Dermestes sp. )
These industrious scavenger insects devour organic matter — the larvae will even clean a skeleton of muscle, skin and cartilage.
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Ward's® Live African Clawed Frogs and Food (Xenopus laevis)
These African clawed frogs are entirely aquatic and thrive in an ordinary freshwater aquarium. They are often used in developmental studies and genetic experiments.
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Ward's® Bacteria In Food Demonstration
Students determine contamination levels of ground beef in different environments.
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Ward's® Introduction to Genetics: A Dihybrid Cross in Yeast Lab Activity
Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment made easy.
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Ward's® Sordaria Genetics Kit
Classic experiment to demonstrate crossing over.
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Ward's® Introduction to Genetics: A Monohybrid Cross in Yeast Lab Activity
A quick and colorful demonstration of Mendel’s Law of Segregation.
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Ward's® Freshwater Copepods
The culture supplied includes copepods in various stages of development.
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Ward's® Live Ramshorn Snail
Planorbids, mixed genera. Compare these attractive, spiral-shelled, herbivorous freshwater specimens with other snails. They will eat aquarium plants
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Ward's® Live Mystery Snails (Pomacea bridgesi)
These organisms help keep your freshwater aquarium clean by eating algae and detritus; they won’t eat any plants included in the aquarium.
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Didinium
Predatory. Feeds on Paramecium caudatum. Hay medium.
Characterized by cilia; nearly all possess two types of nuclei.
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Ward's® Live Coliphage Suspensions
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)
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Ward's® Live E. coli cultures for Coliphage Use
A collection of some of the strains of Escherichia coli needed to grow various coliphages (available separately).
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Ward's® Live Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)
This large predatory frog will eat any other organism smaller than itself, including smaller bullfrogs; keep similar-sized frogs together to avoid cannibalism.