Biodiversity

Materials:

•  Porifera - Sponges
• Cnidaria
• Corals
• Hydroids
• Jellyfish
• Platyhelminthes
• Flatworms
• Annelida
• Segmented Worms
• Arthropoda
• Echinoderms
• Chordata
• Invertebrate
• Vertebrate
• Fish
• Amphibian
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

Exercises:

• Recognize the representatives of each major group
• Know the major morphological features of each group
• Know very basic ecology of each group

Sickle-cell Anemia and Human Genetics Lab

Materials:

• Slides of sickle cells - low power
• Slides of sickle cells - high power
• Power Source
• Gel Apparatus
• Gel running
• Gel-electrophoresis Results 1
• Gel-electrophoresis Results 2
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• Genetic Architecture-Building a Rebop
• Chromosomes envelopes
• Chromosomes envelopes and alleles on chromosomes
• Body parts and phenotypic characters
• Rebop Female
• Rebop Male

Exercises:

• We will be learning about chromosomes, Karyoloy, and how to build a Rebop.

Lab 6 - Biochemicals, Nutrition, and Health

Materials:

•  Carbohydrates
• test tube racks, hot plate, 400 ml beaker, 3 test tubes,
  onion juice, potato juice, Benedict's  Reagent, distilled water
  test tube racks, 3 test tubes, onion juice, potato juice,
  Lugol's Iodine, distilled water 
• Fats and Lipids
• Sudan III, extracts of flour, cream, coconut, margarine, filter paper,
  pencils, dedicated Pasteur Pipet, water bath 
• Proteins
• Biuret's Agent, egg white, chicken broth, distilled water, test tubes,
  test tube rack, CuSO4, wax pencils
• Common Foods
• Gelatin, Lite and Regular Pancake Syrup, Instant and Ground Coffee,
  honey, olive oil, peanut oil, candy
• Digital Blood Pressure Monitor
• Finger Pulse Oximeter

Exercises:

• We will learn about food nutrition, proteins, fats, carbohydrates
• We will be learning about physiology, cardiovascular experimentation
• Blood pressure, human pulse, oxygen saturation

Lab 5 - Cell Division

Materials:

• Microscope
• Prepared slides
• Onion
• IKI Stain
• Wet Mount Slides
• Pipe cleaners
• Beads

Exercises:

• Identity the different stages of Mitosis
• Interphase
• Prophase
• Metaphase
• Anaphase
• Telophase
• Cytokinesis
• Identify where the cells divide

Lab 4 Plants and Energy

Materials:

• Potato
• Sweet Potato
• Yam
• Rutabaga
• Apple
• Pear

Exercises:

• Know how color and energy works
• Learn about chemicals in certain plants
• Learn how Photosynthesis works
• Learn about starches and sugars in plants

Lab 3 Osmosis

Materials:

• Beaker
• Flask
• Agar, IKI
• Perfume
• Thistle Tube
• Ink/Charcoal

Methods:

• Looking at Diffusion of molecules in various states
• Looking at the role of membranes in diffusion
• Effects of temperature on diffusion across membranes
• Exploring osmosis using the elodea and osmotic stress experiment

Lab 2 - The Mircoscope

Materials:

• Whole Mounts (Letter e, Threads)
• Wet Mounts (Slides, Coverslips, Water Bottles)
• Wet Mount (Protists)
• Wet Mount (Onion, Potato, IKI Stain)
• Dissecting Scope Materials
• Forensic Lab Materials - All
• Forensic Lab Materials - Per Bench

Exercises:

Know the parts of the Compound light microscope

Know the parts of the  Dissecting scope

Learn how to use the  Compound light microscope

Learn how to use the  Dissecting scope

Learn how to make wet mount slides

Learn how to stain slides 

Apply knowledge of the microscope, slide preparation, staining in a forensic crime simulation