The collecting kit, piece by piece

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• 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
• 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
• A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand

1. Collecting specimens
2. Processing and preserving specimens
3. The collecting kit, piece by piece
4. Improvising collecting apparatus
5. Techniques for collecting plants
6. Techniques for collecting animals
7. Processing specimens for study
8. Wet and dry preservation
9. Staining specimens
10. Labelling and field records
11. Ethics of specimen collection
12. Safety in the field and with preservatives
13. A school field trip: collecting in practice
14. Museums, herbaria and why we preserve