Technology:

• QX3 digital microscope* (or other digital microscope with time lapse capability
• Computer (PC with Windows 98 or higher)

Other Supplies:

A variety of seeds including:

• Seeds found in fruits (apple, peach, tomato, cherry, etc.)
• Wildflower seeds with barbs and/or hooks on the seed case (burdock, dandelion, asters, beggar ticks, tick clover, tick trefoil, etc.)*
• Winged fruits (seeds from maple trees, poplar trees, pine or hemlock seeds)
• Hand lenses (per student)
• 5-6 cm² dark sheet of construction paper (optional, for color contrast)
  

*QX3 microscopes may currently be purchased from the following websites:

www.CompuVisor.com  ($47.95)

www.neosci.com ($159.95--includes teacher resources and software for Mac computers)