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

Lab 1 - Therapeutic Touch

Materials:

• Blind
• Penny for Random Selection
• Data Sheet for data collection
• Computer for statistical analysis

Exercises:

• Conduct an experiment on Therapeutic Touch
• Test hypothesis that humans have energy fields and are capable of detecting them.