Description
(Note: This kit does NOT include the manual.)
This kit is the equipment and supplies only for Quality Science Labs Advanced Biology Kit. The manual with all the needed instructions is supplied through Apex Learning's online system. If you would like a printed manual only, click here. For bulk orders you may use this shopping cart or contact Quality Science Labs at 866-700-1884 for more information. A microscope is required for use with this kit. If you don’t have a microscope we recommend the MSK-01.
Lab Titles:
Lab 1: Diffusion, Osmosis and their connection to transpiration in plants
Pre lab Questions
Lab 1.1: Surface Area and Cell Size
Lab 1.2: Part 1 - Modeling Diffusion and Osmosis
Part 2 - Observing Osmosis
Part 3 - Student Guided Inquiry, Water Potential in Plant Tissues
Lab 2: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: Modeling Allele Frequencies in Populations
Pre-lab and Questions: Estimating Allele Frequencies
Lab 2.1: A Micro-Evolution Simulation
Lab 2.2: Part 1 - Estimating Allele Frequencies Tutorial
Part 2 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 3: Comparing DNA Sequences (BLAST)
Pre-lab and Questions: Cladograms
Lab 3.1: Part 1 - BLAST Practice
Part 2 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 4: Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis
Pre-lab and Questions: Loss of Cell Cycle Control in Cancer
Lab 4.1 Part 1 - Environmental Effects on Mitosis
Part 2 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 4.2 Meiosis and Crossing Over in Sordaria
Lab 5 Enzyme Activity
Pre-lab Questions
Lab 5.1: Enzyme Specificity
Lab 5.2: Enzyme Rate of Reaction Assay and Baseline
Lab 5.3 Part 1 - Determining the Effect of pH on Enzymatic Activity
Part 2 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 6 Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Pre Lab and Questions
Part A Photosynthesis
Part B Cellular Respiration
Lab 6.1 Part 1 - Floating Leaf Disk
Part 2 - Cellular Respiration
Part 3 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 7 Biotechnology: Bacterial Transformation
Pre-lab and Questions: Genetic Engineering
Lab 7.1: Part 1 - Bacterial Transformation
Part 2 - Student Guided Inquiry
Lab 7.2: Calculating Transformation Efficiency
Lab 8 Energy Dynamics
Pre-lab Questions
Lab 8.1 Part 1 - Energy Transfer and Productivity