Excellerations Wooden Specimen Kit

Excellerations Wooden Specimen Kit

This fascinating collection of science specimens will help children begin or continue to develop classification and observational skills.
Sliding, clear, acrylic removable lid separates sections and keeps the specimens safe from touching one another; slide open to touch the specimens
Set includes 1 wooden box with lid, 12 separately bagged natural specimens (specimens are all taken from non-threatened species) and activity guide
Box is 16"L x 12"W x 3-1/8"D; box sections are 3-1/4"Sq.
Natural specimens with Latin names included in set:

1. Lily Centers (soymida febrifuga) - Fruits that grow on the Indian Redwood (pod)
2. Spiral Conch Shell (pugilina cochlidium) - A species of sea snail (shell)
3. Butterfly Bark Slice (salacia chinensis linn) - Bark off a woody butterfly tree/shrub that is found in India (bark slice)
4. Pear Pods (hydropera) - Varied pods from numerous plants (seed/pod)
5. Lotus Seed Pods (nelumbium speciosum wild) - Distinctive dried seed heads of lotus plants (seed pod)
6. Cinnamon Sticks (cinnamonum cassia) - An evergreen tree that provides aromatic bark that is used as a spice (bark)
7. Angel Wings (oroxylum indicum) - The seed from inside seed pods on a tropical tree (seed)
8. Grand Windmill (terminalia arjuna) - Fruit from the Arjun tree, sometimes used for medical purposes (dried fruit)
9. Ata Fruit Slice (annona squamosa) - A fruit also known as a "sugar apple" (fruit)
10. Ear White Seashell (melampus) - The shell of a type of snail/slug, usually found in Hawaii (shell)
11. Pine Cone (pinus) - Small pine cone/seed from pine tree (cone/seed)
12. Camel Foot (toddalia asiatica) - Fruit from a climbing South African orange tree, which tastes like an orange/lemon cross (dried fruit). Ages 3+ / Grades PreK-1