Photosynthesis and Respiration are easy to teach.
Grow and create your own algae beads using our amazing kits.
Complete Education Module: Lesson plans, projects, and experiments
PHYTOPLANKTON FOR EVERYONE
Algae Research and Supply believes that a the tools to understand science are for everyone. We are a small and dedicated group of nerds, teachers, and parents. The products that we are selling are well designed to bring the richest possible educational and scientific benefit to the user. We believe that our products inspire curiosity about the world, but most importantly they are down-right cool!
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Education
Equipment and Projects for Researchers, Teachers, and Students
Spirulina Production
Equipment and supplies to grow algae for consistent production
Science Play!
We have made kits to play with real scientific equipment for your kids.
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One-to-one help setting a project up? This form is intended to get information from you so that ARS can deliver a customized product to you so that you can teach an aquatic science project. ARS will reach back to you usually in 24 hours with suggestions.
BRING ON THE PIGMENTS!
If your polyps need some pep, and your cnidarians have needs- FEED them what they would eat in nature- ALGAE! We have vivid RED, GOLDEN, and GREEN algae that will make your marine friend's tenticals tickle!
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Look through our education section to get ideas on projects and some general aquatic science knowledge.
I THINK I NEED ONE OF THOSE....
We love to culture phytoplankton, but more importantly, we want you to do it too! We stock the best and most reliable equipment to culture algae. Some equipment did not exist, so we build them ourselves.
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Algae Research Supply: Algae and Zooplankton Education Kit
$ 19.99 $ 25.99
Algae and zooplankton can be used to help teach many lessons from the Next Generation Science Standards. We have designed this kit to be used...
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Algae Research Supply: Algae Beads
$ 24.95 $ 36.00
Want a simple way to demonstrate photosynthesis and respiration?
Use ALGAE!!!!
Algae Beads from Algae Research and Supply are a simple and easy way to perform experiments in the classroom. Our algae beads are made from Chlorella vulgaris (a green freshwater algae common across the world and commonly consumed as a nutritional supplement). We concentrate the culture and add sodium alginate in the presence of calcium ions- and POOF- algae beads are born.
These simple and robust beads can be used repeatedly in experiments in the classroom. Store in the refrigerator or leave on your bench top in light bright enough to read. You do not need to do anything to them for them to stay healthy for weeks.
Experiments: Dark and Light: Show if photosynthesis or respiration is taking place. Light color: Place colored screens to demonstrate that the color of light is important to photosynthesis (hint: green is not that useful to algae!) Light intensity: Place containers from close to far away from a light source (hint: the containers closest to the light source will change color the fastest). You can use our color-indicator that shows if photosynthesis is taking place (change in pH).
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This product includes:
Bottle of Algae Beads, >200-count
- Part number: ABCv-00200
- Count: >200 beads
- Suspended in freshwater
Indicator, Hydrocarbonate
- Part Number ABIN-00015
- Concentrated, 10x
- Thymol blue, cresol red in dilute ethanol and water
Algae Beads with Indicator- Ready to Go!
- Part Number: ABCi-00001-x10, 50, 100
- Packaged in 1.7mL snap cap vials
- 5-beads per vial
- Ready to use! Just pass them out!!!
- Packs of 10, 30, and 100
Research Kit:
- 2,000 algae beads
- 50 ml of 10x CO2 indicator,
- 30 disposable plastic transfer pipets
- Part Number: ABCv-02000
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Algae Research Supply: Algae Culture for Six Algae Strains for Classroom Investigations
$ 27.50
Algae survey kit includes 1.7mL or 50mL options for culture and a culture booklet: Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) Nannochloropsis Porphyridium Chlorella vulgaris Isochrysis Tetraselmis Algae culturing...
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Algae Research Supply: Algae Culture Kit for Arthrospira platensis (spirulina)
$ 15.95 $ 32.99
Algae Culture Kit for Microalgae. We have perfected the method and supplies for anyone to grow an ecologically or industrially important strain of algae. It...
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Algae Research Supply: Algae Culture Salts, Marine Algae
$ 3.50 $ 15.00
Our marine algae salts are sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium carbonate. They are weighed out to make down the specific volumes.
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Algae Research Supply: Algae Research Kit: Culture and Supplies for a Science Project
$ 23.95
This is kit designed to give the student the tools to do a science project. It includes Starter culture, 50ml concentrated algae (Nannochloropsis) Culture Tubes,...
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Algae Research Supply: Spirulina Farming Kit
$ 79.99
Howdy Spirulina Farmers! Our research staff has been culturing algae since January of 2000, supported spirulina farmers on six of our seven continents on Earth,...
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Algae Research Supply: Spirulina Harvesting Screen
$ 27.95
This is an Algae Research Supply Spirulina Harvesting screen. It has been specifically engineered to separate colonies of spirulina from water. Videos of this device...
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Brainy Briny Refill-1
$ 12.50
We think that this kit is probably the coolest thing since the moon landing. We have made and remade, tested, retested and reformulated everything... fifteen...
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Brainy Briny Refill-10
$ 62.50
We think that this kit is probably the coolest thing since the moon landing. We have made and remade, tested, retested and reformulated everything... fifteen...
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Brainy Briny Refill-30
$ 112.50
We think that this kit is probably the coolest thing since the moon landing. We have made and remade, tested, retested and reformulated everything... fifteen...
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Brainy Briny's in a Beaker Bag: Algae and Brine Shrimp Growing Kit.
$ 24.95
This kit was designed in collaboration with the Foss Waterway Seaport for use as an educational product to teach: Algae culture Zooplankton culture Photosynthesis Respiration Energy...
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