Advanced Biology Through Inquiry
The following is a complete list of lab activities from PASCO's Advanced Biology Through Inquiry Teacher Lab Manual. Each activity includes an editable student handout, software data files, IB/AP-alignment details, and a Teacher Resource file that can be accessed by logging into your PASCO account. The experiments in this manual can be performed using individual PASCO sensors, sensor bundles, or Lab Stations. You may view the materials list for an activity by previewing the student handout.
Grade Level: Advanced Placement • College • High School
Subject: Biology
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Activities
01A) Enzyme Activity (Pressure)
Students use a pressure sensor to investigate the catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by catalase.
01B) Enzyme Activity (Oxygen)
Students use an oxygen gas sensor to investigate the catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by catalase.
01C) Enzyme Activity (Spectrometer)
Students use a spectrometer to investigate the catalyzed breakdown of hydrogen peroxide by peroxidase.
02) Diffusion
Students use a pH sensor to investigate the diffusion of hydrogen ions through a semipermeable membrane, comparing the rates of diffusion for two solutions that differ in their acidity.
03) Osmosis
Students use a colorimeter to determine which extracellular fluid is hypertonic to a model cell and which solution is hypotonic.
04) Plasmolysis
Students use a conductivity sensor to explain the results of different concentrations of salt water on plant tissue before they design an experiment to compare the water potential of different plant tissues.
05) Cell Size
Students use a conductivity sensor to measure the effect of cell size on solute diffusion rate using agarose-salt cubes.
06) Homeostasis
Students use multiple temperature probes simultaneously to investigate the body’s ability to maintain homeostasis when subjected to a cold stimulus. 3201
07) Cellular Respiration
Students use a carbon dioxide gas sensor to investigate the rate of cellular respiration of germinating seeds.
08) Photosynthesis
Students use a carbon dioxide gas sensor to test the effect of the color of light on the rate of photosynthesis.
09) Plant Pigments
Students analyze spinach pigments and chloroplasts using paper chromatography, a colorimeter, and a spectrometer to understand how plants capture light for photosynthesis.
10) Transpiration
Students use a pressure sensor and a weather sensor to investigate the rate of transpiration in plants under normal and humid conditions.
11) Mitosis
After learning the technique for growing roots and preparing root tip squashes for microscope analysis, students observe the root tips for evidence of mitosis and statistically analyze the data.
12) Meiosis
Students use physical models of chromosomes to explore meiosis and genetic variation, and use cross over rates observed in Sordaria to calculate gene distance from the centromere.
13) Energy Dynamics
Students use EcoChamber containers and a carbon dioxide gas sensor to estimate energy flow and carbon cycling within a variety of detritus-based ecosystems.
14) Artificial Selection
Students follow the growth and development of Wisconsin Fast Plants and determine if limiting cross-pollination to certain plants with a desired trait affects the frequency of that trait in the second generation.
15) BLAST Bioinformatics
Students analyze the DNA and protein sequences of beta globin of five mammalian species to determine their evolutionary relatedness.
16) Population Genetics
Students determine their phenotype for the PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) tasting trait and use class data to derive allele frequencies for a population.
17) Mathematical Modeling of Evolution
Students work with a mathematical model and computer simulation to explore how inheritance patterns and gene frequencies change in a population.
18) Animal Behavior
Students use a choice chamber to test the response of fruit flies to different stimuli and determine if there is a significant change in their behavior.
