1. Safety
2. Presentations
3. Basic Techniques
4. Lab Exercises S-2007
5. Other Exercises

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Section 1.  Safety Information   (back to contents)

• Lab Safety
• Field Safety
• Safety Contract
• Chemical Safety Info: MSDS, HMIS (Concepts Chem Web)
• Biology Dept. Chemical Hygiene Plan
• ChemFinder

Section 2.  Basic Scientific Techniques  (back to contents)

• Equations & Conversions
• Scientific Notation
• Writing Scientific Names
• Graph Preparation
• Statistical Tests (CSB/SJU Concepts of Biology)
• Another Stats Site
• HyperStat Online Textbook

Section 3.  Presentation Techniques/Methods   (back to contents)

• Laboratory Reports
• Laboratory Report Checklist
• Lab Repo - Self Evaluation
• Grammar Tips - from Dr. P Garnock-Jones (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand)
• Oral Report Checklist
• Writing an Abstract
• Poster Presentations
• Poster Presentation Checklist
• Library Search Strategies:  A Primer

Section 4.  Lab Exercises - Spring '08  (back to contents)

1. Are leaves good predictors of climate?
2. Primer on Seed Germination
3. Idioblasts in Dieffenbachia
4. Pigment composition of RCBr
5. Awn Movement in Stipa sp. - A Primer on Time Lapse Movies (includes Pre & Post labs)
6. Independent Research Project
7. Measuring Water Potential In Potato Tissue
8. Maple Sap Lab
9. Measuring Stomatal Frequency in Broad Bean
10. Plant Root Culture
11. Measuring Photosynthesis with a Qubit CO₂ Gas Analyzer; Starch Prints
     

Section 5.  Other/Old Exercises  (back to contents)  (note:  In some cases I have not personally tested some of these in the classroom or they are still in need of work)

1. Ecophysiological Analysis of Leaf Shape
2. Are Leaves Good Predictors of Climate (old version)
3. Surface-to-Volume Ratios in Biology
4. Gravitropism in Dandelion Scapes
5. Phytochrome Experiments
6. Measuring Chlorophyll (& Anthocyanin) Concentrations in plant tissues
7. Measuring Photosynthesis in Green and White Regions of a Variegated Leaf (not for S'05)
8. Starch Prints
9. Quantification of Anthocyanin in Red Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Protoplasts;  Protoplast Images
10. Idioblasts in Dieffenbachia (S 07)
11. Fruit Development in Rapid Cycling Brassica rapa (RCBr)
12. Seed Germination  (Brief Primer on Seed Germination; Germination Percentage & Rate; Testing Seed Viability; Light and Seed Germination; Seedling Photomorphogenesis (Etiolation Lab - different version); Seed packet analysis; Test Yourself; Seedling Structure (eudicot vs. monocot; epi vs. hypogaeous0
12. Light  (Photomorphogenesis (S'07); Light & Plants)