Hands on Science:
STRUCTURES OF LIFE --- CIMC Resources
#1 Origin of Seeds:
Seed Fruits
582
1 seed fruits model
Displays twelve different types of fruit. Labeled. Titles: Sunflower; Maple; Pecan; Wheat; Apple; Pea; Cherry; Lily; Mulberry; Huckleberry; Blackberry.
What do seeds do?
582 WHA
videocassette, 11 minutes.
Shows how a seed grows into a plant capable of supplying its own food and producing its own seed. Gives examples of corn, bean, maple tree, foxtail, and milkweed seeds.
Bean Germination Biosmount
630 BEA
1 bean model.
Model shows three stages of lima and broad bean plant germination.
Corn Germination Biosmount
630 COR
1 corn model,
Model shows seven stages of corn germination.
#2 Growing Further:
Dicot Seed
582 DIC
1 dicot seed model.
Exhibits a large buckeye dicot seed that has been germinated and opened to show structures
Leaf and Root Systems Models
581 LEA
4 models.
Titles: Root System; Leaf Morphology; Leaves; Leaf Skeleton.
#3 Meeting the Crayfish:
3-2-1 Contact: Innate and Learned Behavior - How Do They Know That?
591 THR
1 VHS videocassette 15 minutes, 1 ditto, 1 teachers guide.
Examines innate and learned behavior in animals and humans.
Crayfish Development
592 CRA
3 crayfish models, 1 teachers guide.
Models exhibit a small crayfish specimen, the stages of development, and crayfish appendages, including the eye.
Crayfish Model
592 CRA
1 crayfish model, 1 teachers guide notebook.
Illustrates crayfish internal organs, including "teeth" in stomach, and the musculature of the tail.
Crayfish Specimen
592 CRA
1 crayfish model, 4 dittos.
Displays one full crayfish body and one side-view dissection.
#4 Meet the Land Snail:
#5 Bess Beetles:
Beetles and how they live.
599.76 BEE
Videocassette, 15 minutes.
Follow along on a beetle-catching expedition as specimens for a home- observation tank are collected. Shows whirligig beetles, diving beetles, ladybugs, and others.
Bug City: Beetles
595 BUG
1 VHS videocassette 23 minutes, 1 teachers guide.
Examines the role of beetles in nature as recycling agents. Shows how to make a beetle habitat for observation.