This laboratory manual is intended for use in General Biology courses. The manual has lab activities that can be carried out in approximately a two hour time period and that compliment many of the central themes that are covered in typical introductory General Biology 1 and 2 courses. Some topics covered include taxonomy, an introduction to the microscope, cells and tissues, an investigation of osmosis, enzyme analysis, cell division, metabolism, plant anatomy, genetics, DNA technology, Hardy-Weinberg principle, and animal anatomy. Also included in the manual are guidelines to writing a lab report and guidelines for data analysis.
1. Taxonomic Keys
2. The Compound Light Microscope
3. An Introduction to Organic Molecules
4. An Introduction to Animal Tissues
5. Membranes, Diffusion, and Osmosis
6 Mitosis
7. Enzyme Catalysis
8. Meiosis
9. Cellular Respiration
10 An Introduction to Plant Tissues
11. Plant Reproduction Week One
12. Angiosperm Reproduction
13. An Introduction to Genetics
14. An Introduction to Fungi
15. Sordaria: An Experiment in Crossing Over and Linkage
16. An Investigation of Nucleic Acid
17. Evolution: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
18. And Introduction to Animal Phyla
19. Worm Dissection
20. Starfish Dissection
Appendix
A. How to Write a Laboratory Report
B. Graphing Data
C. Chi-square Analysis of Data