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Subject: question from homeschooling family
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From: "Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn" <trivium at muscanet.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 20:49:15 -0600
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We are studying the kingdom protista in our homeschool. We have a very good
microscope (100x, 400x and 1000x) and have been spending the past few months
observing slides of pond water. We have found mostly paramecium and
vorticella. I should say, I think they are vorticella because they do not
have a corkscrew-shaped stalk, just a straight stalk (although, once after I
had stained the slide with iodine we were able to observe one bunch of
vorticella with the corkscrew-shaped stalk). We live in Illinois so my
supply of pond water is at an end until spring. Where can I obtain other
specimens of protista (live, I don't want prepared slides). I especially
would like to observe volvox and ameba and different kinds of algae. Thank
you.
