Life in the Desert Microslides

Explore the biodiversity of the desert.

• 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.

 : Viewers are available separately.

 : Set includes 1.Saguaro cactus 2. Gila woodpecker in Saguaro nest 3. Field of wildflowers 4. Kangaroo rat 5. Gila monster 6. Jack rabbit 7. Tarantula 8. Scorpion.