Lab 10: Biological Chemicals and Nutrition Lab

Materials:
-Unknown Solutions
-Test Solutions 
-Test Chemicals 
- Fats
-Proteins


Exercises:
- Understand Benedict's test
- Understand the Lugol Iodine test
- Understand the Sudan III Test
- Understand Biuret's test
- Be able to distinguish each chemical 

Lab 9: Onion DNA Lab

Materials:
- Beaker
-Cheesecloth
- Blender
-Chloroform
- Onion
-DNA

Objectives:
-Learn where DNA is located
- Understand how scientists liberate DNA from the cell
- Be able to identify what DNA looks like

Lab 8: Transcription and Translation Lab

Materials:
-data table
- table with amino acids
- beads for building proteins
- protein beads

Objectives:
- understand the process of transcription
- understand the process of translation
- understand the purpose of amino acids

Lab 7: Sickle Cell Anemia and Human Genetics

Materials:
- Slides of sickle cells
- Power source
- Gel Apparatus
- Gel Running
- Results

Objectives:
- be able to distinguish between regular blood cells and sickle cells
- understand the differences between these types of blood cells
- understand the different genetics involved in blood cells

Lab 6: Genetic Architecture and Karyology

Materials:
-Chromosomes envelopes
-Chromosomes envelopes and alleles on chromosomes
-Body parts and phenotypic characters
-Rebop Female
-Rebop Male
-Image of Chromosome smear
-computer lab

Exercises: 
- Learn how a dominance relationship works between two genes.
- Learn how recessive alleles cause genetic diseases and how they are maintained in populations 
- Distinguish what sex-linked alleles are
- Learn how genes are expressed.

Lab 5: Cell Division and Mitosis

Materials:
-Root tip
-Prepared slides
-Onion root tip
-HCl
-Carnoy
-Microscope

Exercises:
-Learn how to distinguish between all the different phases of mitosis
-Learn where to find dividing cells in a plant
-Learn and distinguish how mitosis is different in plants and animals
-Learn the consequences of mistakes in mitosis
-Learn the different ways mitosis occurs

Lab 4: Diffusion and Osmosis

Materials:
-thistle tube 
-dialysis tubing
-corn syrup
-India ink solution
-IKI solution
-Methylene Blue solution
-Bore and agar plate
-IKI and Methylene Blue in agar
-Ohaus Balance
-Glucose solution
-thread
-dialysis tubing
-Cold water bath
-Warm water bath

Exercises:
- Learn where energy comes from for movement of molecules in diffusion
-Learn whether gases diffuse into other gases
-Learn whether liquids diffuse into solids
-Discover whether some membranes are selectively permeable or completely permeable 
- Learn if warming the external environment affects diffusion
-Learn if cooling the external environment affects diffusion