Biological chemicals, nutrition and health lab

Materials:
Test solutions and test chemicals for carbohydrates, fats and proteins
unknown solutions

Procedure:
list items of a recent favorite meal
enter in software program
print and review results
results for food eaten
results for suggested substitutes
look for total calories
look to see how close results are to carbs 60%, fats 30%, and proteins 10%

Gel Electrophoresis and Proteins

Materials

Gel apparatus

Gel Electrophoresis

Blood Types

Bracelets

Beads

Computer Program

Procedure

1.) Begin lab by dropping blood samples into the wells of the gel apparatus.

2.) Take the gel apparatus and put it into the gel electrophoresis.

3.) Come back to the class and get a computer generated DNA strand.

4.) Find the corresponding mRNA, tRNA, and amino acid.

5.) Once finding the amino acid, build a protein chain by attaching beads to the strand supplied earlier in the lab.

6.) Take apart the protein chain and put the beads back into their containers.

7.) Take out the gel apparatus after 40 minutes and observe how the different strands of blood have traveled through the apparatus.

Sickle Cell Anemia Lab

Materials:

• Slides of sickle cells-low power
• Slides of sickle cells - high power
• Power Source
• Gel Apparatus
• Gel running
• Gel electrophoresis-results 1
• Gel electrophoresis - results 2

Procedure:

1. Place the test tube into the beaker

2. Use a pipette to seal the gel

3. Carefully place the sealed gel into the apparatus

4. Pour the buffer into both sides of the apparatus 

5. Place the top connected to wires onto the apparatus

6. Turn on the power supply to 201 volts
7. Transcription/ translation

Lab #3 Plants & Energy

Lab #3 Plants & Energy

Materials

• solvent
• inoculation point
• fruits
• leaves and cells
• tubers
• chromatography paper

Exercises 

• use microscope
• paper chromatography 
• prepare slides
• examine slides

Laboratory 2: Microscope

Laboratory 2: Microscope

Materials

• Compound light microscope
• Dissecting scope
• Various whole mount slides (e.g., letter e, threads ,etc.)
• Various wet mount preparations (paramecium, volvox, etc.)
• Slides and coverslips
• Stains

Exercises

• Know the parts of the Compound light microscope
• Know the parts of the  Dissecting scope
• Learn how to use the  Compound light microscope
• Learn how to use the  Dissecting scope
• Learn how to make wet mount slides
• Learn how to stain slides 
• Apply knowledge of the microscope, slide preparation, staining in a forensic crime simulation

Laborartory 1: Scientific Method Lab

Materials

• Blind
• Penney for random selection
• Data sheet for data collection
• Computer for statistical analysis

Exercises

• Conduct an experiment on Therapeutic Touch
• Test hypothesis that humans have energy fields and are capable of detecting them