FYI you can buy this stuff in little sheets that's a lot nicer to work with like this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007G0J1RU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QCZCDbZMJSFYA


Clever to print directly into it, I'm gonna have to give that a try

Here is the link to what I got-
Diffraction Grating sheet 1,000 lines/mm Linear 1 Foot x 6 Inches Wide
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007G0J1RU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TeZiDbV7VCDQH

If you want to make this yourself without spending a fortune on real tanks, cases, etc., you could probably fake it easily enough.

For your tank, get a couple acrylic display dome cloches and spray them with metallic paint. If the strapping doesn't have to match the item in the photo exactly, use a third strap to cover the seams where you glue-weld them end to end. https://www.amazon.com/Acrylic-Display-Cloche-Collectables-Specimens/dp/B07DN3WZSS

For the power source, seems like you could use a tea tin or something similar: https://www.harney.com/products/black-empty-tea-tin-8-oz

Flex conduit is easy to find. Maybe spray painted or heat-shrink the surface: https://www.homedepot.com/p/AFC-Cable-Systems-1-1-2-x-25-ft-Flexible-Steel-Conduit-5506-22-00/202262403?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-206741568-_-202262403-_-N

The hardware components look a little harder to come by for me. Maybe others will be more help. Seems like you could cobble some stuff together (hinges and gate springs, etc) that look somewhat similar.

There are cheaper ones (this one is $20, I got the $8 one) but here's a link if y'all are interested. The pyramid one looks pretty cool too



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For you

I went to a Vo-Ag high school where we had an entomology class for river and stream management (yes, we went on fishing field trips!!). We would go to the local tail waters with a net like this and would stick it in the water down stream of us and kick around the rocks and let everything flow in to the net. Then we would put the insects in vials like these, which allowed us to study them. You can even fill them with formaldehyde and bring them with you to make a permanent collection. If you used the links to buy those items you’ll save a ton of money that you can spend on tying materials etc. That’s just my 2 cents.


Edit to add: this net is more suitable

This is what I use currently but I plan on making one of [these this year] (https://youtu.be/GsE77b4tn30)

Depends on if its amazon or a 3rd party seller. You can always pay extra to get it faster shipping but that may be double or triple the cost of the model set.

Edit: Model Kit from Picture

Looks like March 5th - 8th if you do free shipping, but possible march 1st at fastest

Well, there's this for metals: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DM7VBCT

Or wood: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003F0C9EW

Polymers: https://mindsetsonline.co.uk/shop/polymer-identification-set/

Or for 300€, you can get a professional plastic sample set meant for product design: https://www.plasticprop.com/buy-samples

it's a double axis diffraction grating. You can by a whole sheet of it from amazon here!
http://www.amazon.com/Diffraction-Grating-sheet-lines-inch/dp/B007FZT3Y2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1334862365&sr=8-6

I can only imagine the possible trippy fun. Also, pointing a laser through two pieces of diffraction grating that are rotating at different speeds makes this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r0rxhmNQTw

now go make trippy shit ents!

Nice hair; great shot.

If interested in looking at bugs, you can purchase an 'aspirator' to vacuum up the really tiny ants and bugs and mite and whatnot into a collection tube. I usually put a small amount of ethanol in bottom of the tube to just straight-away preserve the bugs. The aspirators typically look like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Biological-Supply-Company-Aspirator/dp/B005VDNICI

There are a lot of different options if you think the mouth operated one is too weird, as you can see here:

https://www.bioquip.com/Search/WebCatalog.asp?category=2700&prodtype=1

Also would want some tweezer to move things around, just some fine ones that you get at the pharmacy or general store will work.

Other stuff... a lot of leaves and plants with tiny features are interesting to look at (especially lit from underneath)... ferns and mosses and whatnot are cool. Sand can also be rad, very different from different beaches or areas; sometimes its just a pile of amazing, fully-formed, miniature shells.

Periodic table with samples of stable elements ~$180, make sure you're getting the one with the actual element samples in it if you go with this, some just have pictures which are neat, but not as good.

Glass Klien Bottle $65

Blue Morpho Butterfly $50

Fun fly stick $25

Megan Lee Studio's Art Prints $5 - $600, she has a lot of great prints if your friend has some favorite scientists. Great decor for home or classroom.

Which science discipline does your friend teach/ majored in?

The bucket looks too short on that one, but this one which was in the "Customers who viewed this item also viewed" part looks exactly like my daughter's. Thanks!

So for the total count you're gonna need:
Carbon: 23
Oxygen: 13
Nitrogen: 2
Hydrogen: 34

carbon is generally the black balls, oxygen is usually red, nitrogen is green, and hydrogen is white/gray depending on the kit.

So you just gotta make sure you have enough. The biggest problem I'm seeing here is the hydrogens.

This is the model kit I myself actually have: http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Models-Piece-Organic-Stereochemistry/dp/B005TKTHLO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1419030742&sr=8-4&keywords=molecular+model+kit&pebp=1419030948460

It's got a ton of white pieces (hydrogens) but it lacks a bit in black pieces. You're pretty much just gonna have to search for a kit that has all the pieces you need. make sure the blacks are "tetrahedral" cause that's what you're gonna mostly need.

Sorry I can't find a specific set for what you need, but you may need to just buy two sets and combine them.

I bought this years ago when I started Orgo 1. I’ve been working as a chemistry tutor and I still use it with my students.

This was extraordinarily helpful, thanks a ton. I found a kit (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TKT8IG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER) that seems to have everything I need according to your list. I really appreciate you doing the legwork for me, I had no idea what I was doing.

Lady, please add this one instead (this is the one I have and I love it) https://www.amazon.com/Triangular-Refactor-Teaching-Spectrum-Photography/dp/B07GNX2W9F/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=light+prism&qid=1550630608&s=gateway&sr=8-16

https://www.amazon.com/Gallium-Metal-Grams-99-99-Melting/dp/B07SLB57P6/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=gallium&qid=1565997308&s=industrial&sr=1-5

It's about 6 grams per cc, so you've got about 16 cc there - about one cubic inch.

As a bit of side info, you can touch your prostate, so it is not that far in. The prostate itself is roughly the size of a Golf Ball (roughly). Though it is surrounded by other tissue so it might feel larger. Just inside the opening on the front/penis side you will feel this rounded smooth surface, that is the Prostate.

So, the point is, you can reach it with your finger.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Tree-Publishing-Inc-Reproductive/dp/B07DV3943Q

https://www.zazzle.com/male_reproductive_system_poster-228751903770115584

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/13-male-genital-system-asklepios-medical-atlas.html?product=greeting-card

THOSE ARE A BIT EXPENSIVE THOUGH.

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Those are a bit expensive though.

Get something like this. There great for flipping rocks and logs. The sturdier one you get the heavier you things can move. This will help keep you out of reach of any western rattlesnake, scorpions, spiders, rodents, whatever the hell else you got up there. Can be used for digging as well.

https://m.lowes.com/pd/Corona-Extendable-7-in-Carbon-Steel-Multipurpose-Garden-Hand-Tool/3031679?cm_mmc=SCE_PLA-_-LawnGarden-_-LawnAndGardenTools-_-3031679:Corona&CAWELAID=&kpid=3031679&CAGPSPN=pla&store_code=2683&k_clickID=a3e9d552-5f4b-4aed-8f80-04c44ad6e0eb&gclid=CjwKEAjw7J3KBRCxv93Q3KSukXQSJADzFzVSN7MjtS-3BfLUjrnV0jX4gYlkvTscAnI8QbclntBPdxoCDzHw_wcB

Don't put your hands where you can't see.

Be up uphill or out of the way so nothing rolls over you when moving stuff.

Lift things towards you (pull the rock toward you with a tool "opening" it away from you.) this will block critters under it from tagging your feet.

Several different sizes of deli containers with small holes put in them for storage (or plastic vials). You can use med-lrg ones for culturing if that is something your also interested. I recommend it.

search the web for different kinds of insect nets, aquatic insect nets (sturdier netting), beating stick and sheet, and when you get lazy traps and lights (I like funneled pit traps)

Aspirator like this ( https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Biological-Supply-Company-Aspirator/dp/B005VDNICI ) are great for collecting smaller bugs.

Check out places like bioquip.com, stuff is to expensive, its good for ideas. Everything can be made or improvised cheaply.

Try a ton of collection places you will learn hot spots for activity, day-night cycles and season can change everything.

if you live in a community that has irrigation or a park with it, open the irrigation boxes.

be careful try not to (or get caught) trespassing. Folks are suspicious of a weirdo wandering and poking at things, tell the your an amateur entomologist and show them some bugs you just caught. They will usually just write you of as some harmless nerd.

If you feel the need carry mace/bear mace, for hostile animals/people go ahead.

PHONE WITH SIGNAL! and/or a partner if going anywhere you can get your ass lost!

Some of this is probably overkill for Oregon, I'm in AZ its hard to find stuff that won't envenomate you and I used to wander in the desert a lot, without a partner. (don't do that)

Here's a design that you could make pretty easily with some nails and a couple boards.

https://www.amazon.com/Pitsco-Binostat-Probability-Demonstrator-Game/dp/B00854GQHY

try some Gallium?

https://www.amazon.com/Gallium-Melting-Metal-Gift-Experiment/dp/B07F2VRBML/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=gallium&qid=1550962370&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1



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Lemme find a link

Diffraction Grating sheet 13,500 lines/inch - Double Axis 1Ft x 6 Inches https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FZT3Y2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_c.UwCbS8XW5XV

So depending on the design of the filter, it puts out different shapes and lights. Depending on how close or far you are, really good for like light leaks and things like that nature

But as for right now I’m still developing the filter for the lights. I wanted to be able to spin and turn freely so you could create different effects,

Hmm, that's a good point. The slides we use for the pictures were donated to us by another lab, similar to these. I'll talk to our web developer to put up a disclaimer.

This is the microscope:
http://www.amazon.com/Vivitar-40-Piece-Microscope-Set/dp/B002VHQ13K

And this is the set of slides we got, which are absolutely a MUST (the slides in the Vivitar kit are kind of poorly made):
http://www.amazon.com/AmScope-PS25-Assorted-Collection-Microscope/dp/B0055DZ3EK/ref=pd_bxgy_p_img_y

Sophomore undergrad class? You don't need a $93 one. There are plenty of sub-$30 on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Models-Piece-Organic-Stereochemistry/dp/B005TKTHLO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1453322844&sr=8-4&keywords=organic+model+kit

This one seems nice. For your purposes, they're basically all the damn same. You'll just need to make some cyclohexanes, basically.

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