Required Text: Laboratory Manual for Biology, 13th Edition, by Sylvia S. Mader
Week & Topic
1. The Scientific Method
Measurements using the metric system
Microscopy (pre-prepared slides, onion & euglena wet mounts)
2. Cell Structure and Function
Pre-prepared slides & elodea leaf wet mounts
3. Chemical Composition of Cells
Tests for protein, starch & simple sugars
4. Diffusion, Osmosis, Dialysis, pH.
Dialysis
Tonicity in red blood cells, potatoes & elodea leaves
5. Enzymes
Catalase activity
6. Cellular Metabolism I: Respiration & Fermentation
Yeast fermentation
7. Cellular Metabolism II: Photosynthesis
Paper chromatography
8. Animal Organization
Pre-prepared tissue slides
9. Cardiovascular System
Sheep heart dissection
Pre-prepared slides
10. Urinary System
Urinalysis
Sheep kidney dissection
Pre-prepared slides
11. Nervous System
Sheep brain dissection
Pre-prepared slides
12. Sense Organs,
Cow eye dissection
13. Review session for final exam
14. Cumulative final exam