Other Resources

C-Fern Culture Supplies and Other Educational Materials

• Prepared C-Fern Basic Nutrient Medium
  
  
• Powdered C-Fern Basic Nutrient Medium
  
  
• Culture Dome
  
  
• C-Fern Visuals (transparencies, overheads, photographs)
  
  
• Culture Instructions and Individual Investigations From the C-Fern Manual

Prepared C-Fern Basic Nutrient Medium
Designed for growing the C-Fern gametophytes and young sporophytes. The 160 ml bottle is identical to the size in the C-Fern kits and will pour 10 of the 60 x 15 mm plates. The 400 ml bottle is a Quart Bottle and will pour 25 of the 60 x 15mm plates.

Quality color images of C-Fern development and structure in wild type and mutant stocks.

AA-15-6783 Basic Transparency Set (6 35 mm transparencies) – spores, mature male, mature hermaphrodite, close up of sperm, young embryo, mature sporophyte.

AA-15-6784 Extended Transparency Set (14 35mm transparencies) – Basic set plus: high magnification images of polka dot and wild type cells in gametophytes and sporophytes, etiolation responses, and images of stained gametophytes to show cellular details.

AA-15-6789 Overhead Set (2 overhead sheets) - Color images of spores, gametophytes, young sporophytes, wild type and mutants, etc.

AA-15-6790 Photoframe Set (12 glossy 4x6" color photographs in acrylic frame stands) Photographs of spores, gametophytes, young sporophytes, wild type and mutants that illustrate C-Fern development

15-6793 C-Fern Culture Instructions and Background Information
A booklet of complete basic and extended culturing techniques and background information for teaching and research. Includes parts A, B and C from our 15-6775 C-Fern Manual. Does not include individual laboratory exercises.

15-6794 C-Fern Investigations: Sex in a Dish
This booklet contains instructional information on using C-Fern in a dynamic exploration of plant development and alternation of generations.

15-6795 C-Fern Investigations: The Pressures of Life
This booklet contains instructional information on using C-Fern to investigate the effects of population density on development.

15-6796 C-Fern Investigations: More Pressures of Life
This booklet contains an additional investigation (using serial dilution) extending the study of population density and development.

15-6797 C-Fern Investigations: Genetics in Action
This booklet contains exercises in Mendelian genetic principles of segregation, random fertilization, and dominance/recessiveness. C-Fern provides opportunities to analyze both haploid and diploid segregation ratios. With C-Fern , both haploid and subsequent diploid segregation ratios are analyzed. Excellent for hypothesis formulation and testing.

15-6798 C-Fern Investigations: Battle of the Sexes
This booklet contains instructional information to actively explore the nature of sexual differentiation in C-Fern.

15-6799 C-Fern Investigations: Chemical Attraction
This booklet contains instructional information to test the ability of highly active C-Fern sperm to detect and swim to chemical signals (positive chemotaxis). Can be adapted to many grade levels. Visually dynamic.