Materials Needed:
- Microscope
- Primitive animalia slides
- Platyhelminthes slides
- Annelida slides
- Arthropod slides
- Echinoderm slides
- Chordata slides
- Amphibia slides
- Reptilia slides
- Aves slides
- Mammalia slides
Exercise:
- Observe various slides
- Understand morphological features of each slide and its taxonomical place in each domain
- Write down findings
Materials Needed:
- Microscope
- Bacteria slides & examples
- Protista slides & examples
- Bryophyta slides & examples
- Pterophyta slides & examples
- Higher plants slides & examples
- Fungi slides & examples
Exercise:
- Observe various slides & examples
- Understand morphological features of each slide and its taxonomical place in each domain
- Write down findings
Genetic Architecture:
Materials Needed:
- Allele papers
- Envelopes
- Pipe cleaners
- Thumb tacks
- Push pins
- Short pins
- Long pins
- Styrofoam
- Geometric pins
- Toothpick
- Computer
Exercise:
- Create Rebop with blueprints from allele envelopes
- Find the Rebop's parents
- Mate your Rebop
- Use computer for Karyology exercise
- Collect data
- Wonder why a college charges you $50,000 a year to play with styrofoam and toothpicks.
Gel Electrophoresis:
Materials Needed:
- Procell electrophoresis apparatus
- Gel molds
- Combs
- Power units
- Buffer
- Gel
Exercise:
- Run the gels
- Take necessary data
- Wonder why a college that had the funds to do a gel electrophoresis lab STILL makes you make dolls out of styrofoam and toothpicks.
Materials Needed:
- Test tube racks
- Hot plate
- 400ml beaker
- 3 test tubes
- Onion juice
- Potato juice
- Benedict's Reagent
- Distilled water
- Lugol's iodine
- Sudan III
- Various extracts (flour, cream, coconut, margarine)
- Filter paper
- Pencils
- Dedicated Pasteur pipet
- Water bath
- Biuret's agent
- Egg white
- Chicken broth
- CuSO4
- Wax pencils
- Gelatin
- Lite and Regular pancake syrup
- Instant and ground coffee
- Honey
- Olive oil
- Peanut oil
- Candy
- Digital blood pressure monitor
- Finger pulse oximeter
Exercise:
- Test samples of carbohydrates for sugar levels
- Test samples of lipids and fats for fat levels
- Test samples of protein for protein levels
- Take vital signs (blood pressure & heart rate), add variables (exercise)
- Record all observations
- Analyze data
Materials Needed:
- Compound Microscope
- Mitosis slide
- Onion root tip
- Slide
- Coverslip
Exercise:
- View prepared mitosis slide; identify the various phases of mitosis
- Make onion slide; examine mitosis
- Collect observational data
Materials Needed:
- Potato slide
- Sweet Potato slide
- Yam slide
- Rudebaga slide
- Apple slide
- Pear slide
- Compound microscope
- IKI/staining solution
Exercise:
- Look at different slides; examine the photosynthesis process on different pigments
- Record outcomes
- Analyze data
Materials Needed:
- Microscope
- Ink/charcoal
- Agar
- IKI
- Methylene Blue
- Thistle tube
- Cheap perfume
Exercise:
- Observe Brownian Movement with ink/charcoal
- Observe molecular diffusion of various states
- Observe the variables involved in diffusion and osmosis, such as temperature and wind speed
- Collect data for each experiment and analyze accordingly
