Description

This is a custom biology kit designed for Kolbe Academy. It includes a lab manual with 22 labs, and the non-household items necessary to complete the labs. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Labs:

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