Description

QSL Biology NGSS* Compliant Lab Kit

This is our QSL Biology Lab Kit designed to comply with the science content standards set forth by the Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS).  These standards "set the expectations for what students should know and be able to do.  The NGSS were developed by states to improve science education for all students".

For more information, visit the NGSS* website here.

*NGSS is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

Laboratory experiments can be a challenge for teachers in schools or home schools.  This kit and included manual are an effort to help solve this problem. These hands-on laboratory exercises have been designed to be educationally challenging and convenient for the teacher.  Every experiment was written to clearly teach a scientific concept and they cover a number of topics typically included in biology classes.

The Labs:

1. Using a Microscope
2. Cell Lab: Selectively Permeable Membrane
3. Cell Lab: Plant and Animal Cells
4. Observing Chloroplasts
5. Photosynthesis
6. Anaerobic Respiration of Yeast
7. Mitosis
8. Proteins and Amino Acids
9. DNA Model Lab
10. Inherited Traits
11. Mutation Lab
12. DNA Extraction
13. DNA Fingerprinting
14. Classification
15   Natural Selection for Biology
16. Forms of Bacteria
17. Protist Lab
18. Fungi Lab
19. Monocot and Dicot Root Leaf and Stem
20. Plant Leaves
21. Parts of a Flower
22. Dissection: Worm
23. Dissection: Crayfish
24. Dissection: Grasshopper
25. Dissection: Fish
26. Dissection: Frog
27. Bone Comparison
28. Ecology
29. It Takes a Village: The Survival Advantage of Group Behaviors
30. Muscle Cell Lab
31. Lung Capacity
32. Energy Packed Food
33. Calories to Burn
34. Blood Cells
35. Dissection: Cow Eye
36. Memory
37. Dissection: Pig

Materials and equipment included in the kit:

Equipment-

Bag of seeds
Balloons
150mL and 30 mL beakers
Blank slides
Bromothymol blue
Concave slide
Cork
Cotton swabs
Cover slips
Dialysis tubing
Disposable gloves**
Dissection tray
Goggles
Graduated pipet
Iodine stain
Lens paper
Magnifying glass
Methylene blue stain
Pencil
Red food coloring
Rubber bands
Squirrel cutouts on cardstock
Starch
String
Test tubes
Thermometer
Toothpicks
25mL vials with caps
Wood splints
Yeast

Prepared Slides-
Euglena
Horse ascaris
Human blood
Mixed bacteria
Monocot and dicot stem
Muscle cell
Onion root tip
Paramecium

Specimens-
Preserved cow eye
Preserved crayfish
Preserved earthworm
Preserved frog
Preserved grasshopper
Preserved fetal pig
Preserved fish

Dissection kit-
Dissecting needle, straight
Dissecting needle, bent
Eyedropper
Forceps/tweezers
Probe
Ruler
Scalpel blades
Scalpel handle
Scalpel, small narrow
Scissors
T pins

**NOTE: Two pairs of gloves are included.   It is advised to buy additional gloves and use them when dissecting. Purchase gloves that will fit and are made of material you can use (latex or non-latex).