Texas Biology Core and Prescriptive Lab Materials Introduction Lab Options This course includes the option of hands-on or dry lab activities. Dry labs require the lab manual no additional materials are required. Hands-on labs require the lab manual and the materials listed below. Lab Manual Biology: Exploring Life Lab Manual, Student ed. Neil Campbell, Brad Williamson, and Robin Heyden (Prentice Hall, 2004). See the Course Materials List for how to acquire this manual. Disclaimer Apex Learning has no liability whatsoever regarding any hands-on laboratory activities. The personnel at the school at which the student conducts the hands-on lab activities, or the student's parent or guardian if the lab activities are completed at home, are responsible for all such hands-on lab activities, including ensuring that qualified personnel are available to supervise the activities. Questions Contact Apex Learning Support by phone at 1-800-453-1454 or by email at support@apexlearning.com. Hands-On Lab Materials Making a Rip-O-Meter Semester 1: 1.3.3 / PH: Lab 2 Paper cup Paper clip Approximately 150 pennies 2 plastic sandwich bags Masking tape Leaves Modeling Matter Semester 1: 2.1.5 (Lab manual not required) Fruit Os cereal (such as Fruit Loops or Fruit Spins or Tootie Fruities) Scrap paper Glue October 2016 1 of 6
Way to Go, Indigo Semester 1: 2.4.3 / PH: Lab 5 3 dark blue denim fabric swatches Masking tape (2) 500-mL beakers or large cups 1 ph buffer capsule 500 ml water Graduated cylinder 2 g IndiAge cellulase Large plastic bowl or bucket Hot tap water Paper towels Magnifying glass You Are a 19th-Century Cell Biologist Semester 1: 3.4.3 / PH: Lab 9 Onion with actively growing root tips Single-edge razor blade Forceps Top or bottom half of a petri dish Test tube Stirring rod Warm water bath 2 microscope slides 4 plastic cover slips Microscope Aceto-orcein stain Acid fixative solution Investigate Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Semester 1: 4.3.5 (Lab manual not required) 6 clean, small-mouth bottles (plastic or glass) Permanent marker Teaspoon measure 3 packets of dry baker s yeast ⅛ cup of granular sugar 2 of 6
Measuring cup Tap water, very warm 6 medium-size balloons (12 inches) Clock Measuring tape 3 large drinking glasses (clear plastic or glass) Distilled water or dechlorinated tap water Baking soda 3 sprigs (4 6 inches long) of a living plant Strong light source (e.g., sunny windowsill, table lamp, flashlight [no LEDs]) A Twist on Fermentation Semester 1: 4.4.3 / PH: Lab 18 5 clear (white) plastic film canisters or empty prescription bottles Plastic shoe box (1 for 4 groups) Heating pad Permanent marker Masking tape Dough 1 g granulated sugar Laboratory balance Food coloring Clock or watch Metric ruler Investigate Cycling of Matter and Energy Semester 1: 5.1.5 (Lab manual not required) Clear 2- or 3-liter plastic soda bottle Gravel, pebbles, or small stones Potting soil or dirt from a yard or field Activated charcoal Sphagnum moss Small plants or seeds (e.g., beans, peas, radishes, wheat grass, marigolds, zinnias) Water Gloves Small invertebrates (e.g., pill bugs, lady bugs, crickets, flies, earthworms, mealworms, etc.) Scrap paper 3 of 6
Can Lake Life Remain Despite Acid Rain? Semester 1: 5.4.3 / PH: Lab 36 Graduated cylinder Labeling tape 50 ml distilled water Simulated acid rain (dilute acetic acid in small beaker or cup) 50 ml local lake water (or 50 ml local soil, 100 ml tap water, coffee filter, funnel) Universal ph indicator Stirring rods or coffee stirrers 50 ml simulated Brant Lake water 5 clear plastic cups or beakers (500-mL size) 50 ml simulated Blue Mountain Lake water Modeling Mitosis Semester 2: 1.1.5 (Lab manual not required) 16 pipe cleaners (4 each of 4 different colors) 2 lengths of yarn or string, one 4 feet long and one 8 feet long Permanent marker Camera or drawing utensil The Right Prescription for Bacteria Semester 2: 1.4.3 / PH: Lab 16A Plastic cup for biohazard waste containing 10% bleach solution 2 agar plates Labels or masking tape 2 cultures of bacteria 2 plastic inoculating loops Antibiotic disks Forceps or toothpicks Metric ruler 4 of 6
Modeling DNA Replication Semester 2: 2.1.5 (Lab manual not required) Bag of marshmallows Bag of mini marshmallows Bag of multicolored marshmallows (4 colors, or use 4 different-colored markers to place dots on white marshmallows) Toothpicks Camera (or pen for sketching) Radical Radishes Semester 2: 2.4.3 / PH: Lab 11A Small growing container Labeling tape Potting soil Water Bucket or other drainage container 10 radish seeds exposed to cobalt 60 Metric ruler Optional: calculator Birds on an Island Semester 2: 3.4.3 / PH: Lab 14 Plastic spoon, knife, or fork Self-sealing plastic sandwich bag Food pieces (candies, unshelled nuts, beans, etc.) Optional: plastic container for nest Investigate Using an Identification Key Semester 2: 4.3.5 (Lab manual not required) Glass jar or sealed container Gloves 5 of 6
Bones, Feathers, and Fur Semester 2: 4.4.3 / PH: Lab 26A Bird bone Mammal bone Laboratory balance 100-mL graduated cylinder Water Flight feather Down feather Mammal fur 3 microscope slides and cover slips Microscope Down feather Mammal fur Breaking Down Fat Semester 2: 5.4.3 / PH: Lab 29 4 test tubes Labeling tape Pen or marker Test-tube rack Graduated transfer pipettes 12 ml whole milk solution 2 ml bile solution 2 ml pancreatic juice solution 4 ml water 4 ml phenol red solution Stopwatch or clock with second hand 4 plastic film squares, stoppers, or caps Copyright 2016 Apex Learning Inc. Apex Learning and the Apex Learning logo are registered trademarks of Apex Learning Inc. 6 of 6