A) PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT Chainsaw to cut ice blocks Bar and ice tongs to remove ice blocks Band saw to cut ice slabs Slide warmer Sledge microtome to thin ice slab Glass plates to mount ice slabs Sandpaper to prepare flat surface Water bottle with squeeze spout Light table Polarizer sheets *
		B) HOME AND SCHOOL EQUIPMENT Bucket of water on porch or container in a freezer to create ice Hand saw to trim the ice or to cut slabs of ice Slide warmer Wood plane or coarse sandpaper to prepare falt surfaces or to thin ice Hot plate or flat frying pan placed on a stove to thin ice Polarizer sheets * Light table or other light source
		C) PETRI DISH EXPERIMENT EQUIPMENT Glass petri dish Polarizer sheets * Light table or other light source
		* Polarizer sheets can be obtained from Edmund Scientific