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AP Biology
 
       

Mr. Chrispeels

  
 
 

LAB

 

CONCEPT

 

WHAT IT COSTS

 
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Animal Behavior  
How and why animals behave and the evolutionary basis of behavior
   $20.00/class for materials, chemicals, filter paper and misc. supplies.    
Dissolved Oxygen
   The relationship between dissolved oxygen and primary productivity in an ecosystem..
 

$60.00/class for consumable supplies in the dissolved oxygen test kits.

  
Enzyme Catalysis   How enzymes react and work in a variety of physiological conditions.   $50.00/class for consumable chemicals, buying liver and the occasional broken buret. (60.00 each!)    
Diffusion and Osmosis   Provides an understanding of the processes of diffusion and osmosis across cell membranes.   $100.00/class for dialysis tubing, glucose and occasional electronic balance replacement.    
Mitosis and Meiosis
   Teaches students about mitosis in onion roots and the process of crossing over during meiosis in the sex cells of sordaria fungus.
  40.00/class for prepared slide replacement. Each slide is about $15.00, some years none are broken, some years we need to replace quite a few.
 
Photosynthesis   Students understand the electron transport chain in photoshynthesis using spectrophotometric analysis.   50.00/class    
Respiration
   An examination of respiration in been seedlings.
  $20.00/class
  
DNA Fingerprinting
   Students identify crime suspects using the techniques of DNA fingerprinting a la CSI
   90.00/class
  
Bacterial Transformation
   Students experiment with inserting a variety of color coding genes into bacterial colonies.
  110.00/class
  
Fruit Fly Genetics
   This subscription based computer simulation looks at the genetics of drosophila melanogaster.   40.00/ year
  
Population Genetics   A cheap and simple lab that examines the genetics of populations and how it relates to evolution.
  10.00/year
 
Transpiration   Examines the rates of transpiration of water from leaves in a variety of differnt environmental conditions.
  $20.00/year
  
Protein Electrophoresis   Discovers the evolutionary relationships of fish muscle protein using protein electrophoresis
   $150.00/class (not one of the required labs but useful to industry in San Diego)
  
Protein Purification   A purificaiton of the proteins that were formed during bacterial transformation in the previous lab. (really cool!)
   $60.00/class (not one of the required labs but helpful to industry in San Diego) A class set of black lights is needed for both labs. 15 @ 12.00 each.
 
       


 
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Misc. supplies  
  Staplers, Tape, Colored Pencils, White board markers,