Seedless Plant Lab (Instructor Materials Preparation)

Lab Materials

This is the prep for one section of 24 students.

Seedless Plants

Students will do this part in table teams (groups of 4).

Materials Quantity Notes
 live moss speciman with gametophye and sporophyte tissue  1-2  put on side bench as demo, helpful to view under dissecting scope
 moss antheridium slide  1 per table
 moss archigonium slide  1 per table
 moss capsule with spores slide  1 per table
fern leaf with sori 1-2  put on side bench as demo, helpful to view under dissecting scope
fern prothallus slide 1 per table should contain both antheridia and archegonia