BIO 2 General Biology AP GLEN MANGALI

Date Section Experiment

number

Title Materials

JUNE 20

JUNE 21

JUNE 24

PS1B

PS 1C

PS1A

1 Microscope Microscope, slides, cover slips, medicine dropper,

scissors, ruler, newspaper, human hair, pieces of thin

cloth

2 TEST FOR

NUTRIENTS

Dry cornstarch, pyres test tube, test tube rack, test

tube holder, test tube brush, beakers, spot plate,

medicine dropper, Benedict’s solution in dropper

bottle, Lugol’s solution in dropper bottle, Biuret

reagent ( 10% NaOH: 10% CuSO4), Electric stove,

boiling water bath, honey, pieces of potato, bread,

carrot, onion, nut, apple and cheese, egg albumen

solution, baby oil, glass marking pen, paper towels,

oil control film

JULY 10

JULY 11

JULY 12

PS1A

PS1B

PS1C

3 CORK AND

ONION

CELLS

Microscope, glass slides, cover slips, scalpel, medicine

dropper, cork stopper, onion, tweezer, Lugol’s

solution in dropper bottle, tissue paper,

4 Mitosis in

plant cell

Prepared slides of onion root tip, microscope

JULY 24

JULY 25

JULY 26

PS1A

PS1B

PS1C

5 Cell

transport:

diffusion

and osmosis

A. Diffusion of Molecules through a selective

permeable membrane

Colloidion, rubber band, 15% glucose solution, starch

solution, I2 KI solution, Benedicts reagent, Pan with

distilled water, 500 ml beaker 1/3 filled with water,

test tube holder, 3 standard test tubes, pipette, 2 – 

400 –ml beakers to hold dialysis bag, electric stove,

dialysis bag

B. Osmotic Activity in Animal Cells

4-clean microscope slides and cover slips, marking

pen, dropper bottle with three solutions of unknown

osmolarity, blood lancet, cotton and alcohol

C. Osmotic Activity in Plant cells

Microscope, 2-clean microscope slides and cover

slips, dropper bottle of tap water, dropper bottle of 

distilled water, dropper bottle of 1.0 M sucrose

solution, Rhoeo discolor leaf, scalpel or cutter and

forceps

6 DNA

Extraction

Graduated cylinder, beakers 100 ml and 2-250 ml ( of 

the same kind), liquid dishwashing detergent ( clear

solution works better than cloudy), ½ of a banana,

knife, mortar and pestle, salt, coffee filter, rubber

band, test tube, COLD 95% ethanol ( can’t be

substitute), wooden splint, refrigerator

July 31, August 1 and 2

PRACTTICAL EXAMINATION ( PS1A, 1B AND 1C)

August 22

August 23

August 24

PS1A

PS1B

PS1C

7 BLOOD

TYPING

Anti serum A and B, Glass slides, tooth picks, blood

lancet, tissue paper, cotton, alcohol

 

8 LIVING

THINGS IN

POND

WATER

Stock cultures of sewage/ pond water, clearly

marked:

Culture 1 – collected from the surface or form open

water with plants

Culture 2 – collected from edges of the sewage/pond

with floating materials

Culture 3 – collected from the bottom of the pond

with twigs and decaying materials

Glass marking pencil, 3 pipettes, tissue paper, slides,

cover slips, microscope

September 5

September 6

September 7

PSA1A

PS1B

PS1C

9 Bacterial

growth

Nutrient agar filled petri dish, wax pencil, cotton

swab, filter paper, hole punch, forceps, 3 disinfectant

solution (alcogel), distilled water, tape, bleach ( for

cleaning)

10 Molds

growth

A clear container with lid. ( Big glass jars and clean

plastic containers work great, but you’ll have to

throw away the containers when you’re through),

adhesive tape, water, some left-over food such as

bread, fruit ( like oranges, lemons or grapes),

vegetables ( like broccoli, eggplant, or green pepper),

cheese and cookies or cake

OCTOBER 3,4 AND 5 PRACTICAL EXAMINATION

PS1A, PS1B AND PS1C

The underlined materials will be provided by the students.