Parameci
Product Code : SCL-BLE-11666
Parameci (SKU SCL-BLE-11666) is a coloured prepared microscope slide of Paramecium, the slipper-shaped, ciliated protozoan used in biology teaching as a model single-celled organism. It is mounted on a rectangular borosilicate glass slide of 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm and comes in a plastic box. Schools and colleges use it in cell and protozoa practicals. Science Lab Supplies provides it from Ambala, India to schools, colleges, training institutes, tender contractors and distributors seeking biology lab equipment in India.
Specifications
Each detail of the Paramecium slide appears in the table below. In short, it is a coloured, ready-made Paramecium specimen on a 25.4 × 76.2 mm rectangular slide of borosilicate glass, boxed in plastic so that it can be stored and reused across many classes.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| SKU | SCL-BLE-11666 |
| Specimen | Paramecium |
| Preparation | Coloured |
| Slide dimensions | 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm (1 × 3 in) |
| Slide shape | Rectangular |
| Slide material | Borosilicate glass |
| Box material | Plastic |
| Use | Laboratory microscopy |
| Supplied by | Science Lab Supplies, Ambala, India |
Applications and Experiments for the Paramecium Slide
The slide shows students a ciliated protozoan whose fixed form can be studied calmly, without the fast swimming of live cells. They can link its slipper shape, cilia, oral groove and nuclei to lessons on unicellular organisation, locomotion and protozoan classification.
- Class 8 science (NCERT): protozoa as one group of microorganisms.
- Class 9 biology: Paramecium as a unicellular organism, studied through the 10X and 40X objectives of a Junior School Microscope.
- Class 11 biology and B.Sc. zoology: ciliated protozoans within Protista.
- Comparing the stained specimen with a live wet mount on a cavity slide from the Cavity Glass Slide Collection, coloured with neutral red from the Stains and Reagents for Microscopy set.
The name Parameci refers to Paramecium; the specimen is the ciliate studied in protozoa practicals.
Standard Scope of Supply
Each order line covers one coloured Paramecium slide on 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm borosilicate glass, packed in a plastic box. Microscopes, stains and other prepared slides are not included; they can be priced on the same quotation so the protozoa practical is fully equipped.
Packing, MOQ and Lead Time
A quotation can cover one slide for the teacher or enough for every microscope bench. It confirms packing, delivery time and price for the quantity, and other prepared slides of protozoa, algae or bacteria can be combined with it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Paramecium?
Paramecium is a single-celled freshwater protozoan covered in fine cilia, which it beats to swim and to sweep food into its oral groove. It is one of the standard examples of unicellular life in school and college biology.
Why use a prepared slide instead of live Paramecium?
Live cells swim quickly and must be cultured. A coloured prepared slide is ready at any time of year, holds the cell still for drawing and can be reused for many classes when stored in its box.
What size and material is the slide?
It is a rectangular borosilicate glass slide of 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm, supplied in a plastic box, and fits the stage clips of standard student and college microscopes.
Who supplies the Parameci slide?
Science Lab Supplies supplies it from Ambala, India, and can put it on one quotation with Amoeba, Hydra and bacteria slides or a matching 3D model for a protozoa teaching unit.
Related Protozoa and Microorganism Slides
These slides, a model and a slide viewer build out a lesson on single-celled and simple organisms: an enlarged Paramecium model, Amoeba preparations, slides of Hydra, Volvox and bacteria in the same format, and a viewer for quick checks without a microscope.
- Paramecium 3D Model — enlarged replica of a single-celled ciliated organism.
- Amoeba — coloured Amoeba preparation boxed in plastic.
- Amoeba Cell Division Prepared Slide — slide for Amoeba morphology and asexual reproduction.
- Hydra — Hydra prepared slide on borosilicate glass.
- Three Types of Bacteria, Colored — coloured slide of three bacterial types.
- Volvox, Whole Body — Volvox whole-body slide, 25.4 × 76.2 mm.
- Microslide Viewer — styrene viewer with a white reflector stage that needs no lamp.
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Last updated: 9 October 2026
