Description

This is a custom biology kit designed for Kolbe Academy.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Safety
Material and Equipment Included with the Kit
Materials and Equipment Not Included with the Kit
Using a Microscope
Cell Lab: Plant and Animal Cells
Anaerobic Respiration of Yeast
Inherited Traits
DNA Extraction
DNA Fingerprinting
Natural Selection for Biology
Forms of Bacteria
Protist Lab
Fungi Lab
Monocot and Dicot Root Leaf and Stem
Parts of a Flower
Dissection: Crayfish
Muscle Cell Lab
Lung Capacity
Blood Cells
Dissection: Cow Eye
Memory
Dissection: Pig
Diffusion, Osmosis and Their Connection to Transpiration in Plants
   Pre-lab: Surface Area and Cell Size
   Part 1: Modeling and Diffusion
   Part 2: Observing Osmosis
   Part 3: Student Guided Inquiry
Enzyme Activity
   Pre-lab Questions
   Enzyme Specificity
   Enzyme Rate of Reaction Assay and Baseline
   Part 1: Determining the Effect of pH on Enzymic Activity
   Part 2: Student Guided Inquiry
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
   Pre-lab, Part 1: Photosynthesis
   Pre-lab, Part 2: Cellular Respiration
   Part 1: Floating Leaf Disk
   Part 2: Cellular Respiration
   Part 3: Student Guided Inquiry

Contents of the kit
24-well reaction plate
Balloons
Beaker, 150 mL
Beaker, 30 mL
Blank experiment sheets
Blank Slides
Blank slide, concave
Conductivity tester
Cotton swabs
Coverslips
Cups, clear plastic, 9 oz.
Dialysis tubing, 20 cm long
Digital scale (600 g)
Disposable gloves
Dissection kit
Dissection tray
Funnel, small
Gloves, disposable
Glucose (dextrose)
Glucose test strips
Goggles
Graduated cylinder
Graduated cylinder, 100 mL
Graph paper
Iodine solution (15 mL)
Lactase tablet
Lens paper
Magnifying glass
Meat tenderizer
Methylene blue stain
Mini Pipet
Molecular model kit
Ovalbumin
Pencil
pH buffer powder in capped test tubes
Pictures on back of book
Pipet, graduated
Plastic syringes 5 cc
Plastic syringes 60 cc
Prepared slide of Euglena
Prepared slide of human blood
Prepared slide of mixed bacteria
Prepared slide of monocot and dicot stems
Prepared slide of muscle cells
Prepared slide of Paramecium
Preserved cow eye
Preserved crayfish
Preserved fetal pig
Protein test strip
Red food coloring
Ruler
Scalpel
Scissors
Stopwatch
String 50 cm long
Test tube rack
Test tubes, 6 x 50 mm
Test tubes, plastic with caps
Thermometer
Toothpicks
Universal Indicator strips
Wood splint
Yeast packets
Straw, plastic