ISE Biology Laboratory Manual

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Contents
Preface
Teaching and Learning Tools
Welcome to the Biology Laboratory
Exercise 1 Scientific Method: The Process of Science
Exercise 2 Measurements in Biology: The Metric System and Data Analysis
Exercise 3 The Microscope: Basic Skills of Light Microscopy
Exercise 4 The Cell: Structure and Function
Exercise 5 Solutions, Acids, and Bases: The pH Scale
Exercise 6 Biologically Important Molecules: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, and Nucleic Acids
Exercise 7 Separating Organic Compounds: Column Chromatography, Paper Chromatography, and Gel Electrophoresis
Exercise 8 Spectrophotometry: Identifying Solutes and Determining Their Concentration
Exercise 9 Diffusion and Osmosis: Passive Movement of Molecules in Biological Systems
Exercise 10 Cellular Membranes: Effects of Physical and Chemical Stress
Exercise 11 Enzymes: Factors Affecting the Rate of Activity
Exercise 12 Respiration: Aerobic and Anaerobic Oxidation of Organic Molecules
Exercise 13 Photosynthesis: Pigment Separation, Starch Production, and CO[sub(2)] Uptake
Exercise 14 Mitosis: Replication of Eukaryotic Cells
Exercise 15 Meiosis: Reduction Division and Gametogenesis
Exercise 16 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: DNA Isolation and Genetic Transformation
Exercise 17 Genetics: The Principles of Mendel
Exercise 18 Evolution: Natural Selection and Morphological Change in Green Algae
Exercise 19 Human Evolution: Skull Examination
Exercise 20 Ecology: Diversity and Interaction in Plant Communities
Exercise 21 Community Succession
Exercise 22 Population Growth: Limitations of the Environment
Exercise 23 Pollution: The Effects of Chemical, Thermal, and Acidic Pollution
Exercise 24 Survey of Prokaryotes: Domains Archaea and Bacteria
Exercise 25 Survey of Protists: Algal Autotrophs
Exercise 26 Survey of Protists: Protozoan Heterotrophs
Exercise 27 Survey of the Kingdom Fungi: Molds, Sac Fungi, Mushrooms, and Lichens
Exercise 28 Survey of the Plant Kingdom: Liverworts, Mosses, and Hornworts of Phyla Hepatophyta, Bryophyta, and Anthocerophyta
Exercise 29 Survey of the Plant Kingdom: Seedless Vascular Plants of Phyla Pterophyta and Lycophyta
Exercise 30 Survey of the Plant Kingdom: Gymnosperms of Phyla Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, and Gnetophyta
Exercise 31 Survey of the Plant Kingdom: Angiosperms
Exercise 32 Plant Anatomy: Vegetative Structure of Vascular Plants
Exercise 33 Plant Physiology: Transpiration
Exercise 34 Plant Physiology: Tropisms, Nutrition, and Growth Regulators
Exercise 35 Bioassay: Measuring Physiologically Active Substances
Exercise 36 Survey of the Animal Kingdom: Phyla Porifera and Cnidaria
Exercise 37 Survey of the Animal Kingdom: Phyla Platyhelminthes and Mollusca
Exercise 38 Survey of the Animal Kingdom: Phyla Annelida and Nematoda
Exercise 39 Survey of the Animal Kingdom: Phylum Arthropoda
Exercise 40 Survey of the Animal Kingdom: Phyla Echinodermata and Chordata
Exercise 41 Vertebrate Animal Tissues: Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, and Nervous Tissues
Exercise 42 Human Biology: The Human Skeletal System
Exercise 43 Human Biology: Muscles and Muscle Contraction
Exercise 44 Human Biology: Breathing
Exercise 45 Human Biology: Circulation and Blood Pressure
Exercise 46 Human Biology: Sensory Perception
Exercise 47 Vertebrate Anatomy: External Features and Skeletal System of the Rat
Exercise 48 Vertebrate Anatomy: Muscles and Internal Organs of the Rat
Exercise 49 Vertebrate Anatomy: Urogenital and Circulatory Systems of the Rat
Exercise 50 Embryology: Comparative Morphologies and Strategies of Development
Exercise 51 Animal Behavior: Taxis, Kinesis, and Agonistic Behavior
Appendix I: Dissection of a Fetal Pig
Appendix II: Conversion of Metric Units to English Units