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Go to A Practical Guide to the Use of Cellular Slime Molds for laboratory Exercises and Experiments
A Practical Guide to the Use of Cellular Slime Molds for laboratory Exercises and Experiments
The cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, is particularly well suited for laboratory instruction in a variety of areas, including cellular biology, developmental biology, biochemistry,...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-14/1-bozzone.pdf
Go to A Quantitative Enzyme Study Using Simple Equipment
A Quantitative Enzyme Study Using Simple Equipment
This resource consists of a simple laboratory exercise including detailed protocols, outlines and background information for students, and instructors notes.
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-12/6-nichol/6-nichol.htm
Go to A study of fermentation by <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
A study of fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
This workshop, derived from an article in American Biology Teacher (Reinking, Reinking, and Miller, 1994) presents a simple method for investigating fermentation. In the basic reaction, a 7% yeast sus...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-30/v30reprint.php?ch=3
Go to An Inquiry-Based Enzyme Lab
An Inquiry-Based Enzyme Lab
A laboratory commonly used in introductory biology classes is the breakdown of starch by the enzyme amylase. These labs tend use a “cookbook” format in which students are given explicit, step-by-step ...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-29/v29reprint.php?ch=1
Go to An Investigative Case Study Designed to Promote Critical Thinking Skills
An Investigative Case Study Designed to Promote Critical Thinking Skills
The end-of-semester project in General Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, was designed as a coupled-inquiry exercise that promotes higher thinking skills in first- and second-year biology stud...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-25/mini4_howard.pdf
Go to Bacterial Transformation
Bacterial Transformation
This experiment is performed in a first year Introductory Biology course and has been used in a Genetics and Biochemistry course.
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-5/1-ernest.pdf
Go to Biochemical Analysis of Vertebrate Skeletal Systems
Biochemical Analysis of Vertebrate Skeletal Systems
This exercise was developed to look at the structure-function relationship in the skeletal system as it explores motion and force on evolution of the system.
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-2/6-glase.pdf
Go to BioLab: Using Yeast Fermentation as a Model for the Scientific Method
BioLab: Using Yeast Fermentation as a Model for the Scientific Method
This resource uses a student-designed laboratory exercise as a model to demonstrate the techniques and concepts surrounding the scientific method.
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-19/8-pigage.pdf
Go to Blue Plants: Transgenic Plants with the GUS Reporter Gene
Blue Plants: Transgenic Plants with the GUS Reporter Gene
An investigative laboratory developed for the introductory biology curriculum using transgenic plants is presented in this chapter. The transgenic Arabidopsis plants we use contain the GUS repo...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-23/3-karcher.pdf
Go to Building Molecular Models of DNA, Protein, and Lipids
Building Molecular Models of DNA, Protein, and Lipids
Molecular models of DNA, protein (alpha-helix and beta-pleated sheet), and lipids are built to scale. With a minimum of scientific jargon, these laboratory exercises effectively display the important ...
http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-15/5-cordon.pdf
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