Biology Lab Kit from HST

If you’re enrolled in Journey Homeschool Academy’s Experience Biology, this kit includes nearly all of the specialty items you’ll need, except the microscope (see our microscope buying guide for options) and elodea or other aquatic plant (you can find at a local pet shop).

The kit contains:

• Nutrient Agar, Prepared Media Bottle, 125 ml
• 6 Polystyrene Petri Dishes, 90 x 15 mm
• 1 Wax Pencil (marks glass)
• 1 Pair of Chemical Splash Safety Goggles, Adult
• 1 Test Tube Rack with 6 Holes
• 4 Large Test Tubes, 16 x 150 mm
• Bromothymol Blue, 100 ml
• Iodine (Lugol’s) Biological Stain Solution, 30 ml
• Methylene Blue, 1%, 30 ml
• 1 Dissecting Pan, 10″ x 7″
• 100 Dissection Pins
• Advanced Dissecting Tools
• 1 Allium (onion) Root Tip Slide, l.s.
• 1 Amoeba Proteus Slide, w.m.
• 1 Euglena Slide, w.m.
• 1 Ficus (Dicot) Leaf Slide, c.s.
• 1 Human Skin Slide, white, section
• 1 Paramecium Caudatum Slide, w.m.
• 1 Penicillium (Blue Mold) Slide, w.m.
• 1 Ranunculus (Buttercup) Slide, stem, c.s.
• 1 Rhizopus Nigricans (Bread mold) Slide, w.m.
• Microscope Slide Coverslips
• 12 Glass Microscope Slides, plain
• 1 Zea Mays (Corn) Slide, leaf, c.s.
• 1 Zea Mays (Corn) Slide, stem, c.s.
• 1 Plain Freshwater Clam Specimen, 4″-5″,
• 1 Plain Crayfish Specimen, 4″-6″
• 1 Double Injected Dogfish Shark Specimen, 18″-22″
• 1 Double Injected Fetal Pig Specimen, 7″-10″
• 1 Plain Starfish Specimen
• 1 Plain Earthworm Specimen, 9-12″
• 6 Swab Applicators, sterile