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    DIY Science: Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture
    Preface
    1. Introduction
    2. Equipping a Home Biology Laboratory
    3. Laboratory Safety
    4. Using a Microscope
    5. Mounting Specimens
    6. Staining
    7. Building and Observing Microcosms
    8. Observing Succession in Aquarium Microcosms
    9. Observing the Effects of Pollution in Microcosms
    10. Acids, Bases, and Buffers
    11. Carbohydrates and Lipids
    Equipment and Materials
    Materials from Kit
    Materials You Provide
    Background
    Procedure III-2-1: Investigating Sugars
    Procedure III-2-2: Investigating Starches
    Procedure III-2-3: Investigating Lipids
    Review Questions
    12. Proteins, Enzymes, and Vitamins
    13. Coacervates
    14. Extracting, Isolating, and Visualizing DNA
    15. Build a Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus
    16. Simulated DNA Separation by Gel Electrophoresis
    17. Chlorophyll and Photosynthesis
    18. Investigating Osmosis
    19. Investigating Cell Division
    20. Sampling Plant Populations in a Community
    21. Observing the Effect of Rhizobia on Plant Growth
    22. Air Pollution Testing
    23. Soil and Water Pollution Testing
    24. Exploring Mendelian Genetics
    25. Observing Specialized Eukaryotic Cells
    26. Preparing Culturing Media
    27. Culturing Bacteria
    28. Investigating Bacterial Antibiotic Sensitivity
    29. Investigating Protista
    30. Investigating Fungi
    31. Investigating Simple Plants: Mosses and Ferns
    32. Investigating Seed Plants
    33. Investigating Porifera and Cnidaria
    34. Investigating Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, and Annelida
    35. Investigating Arthropods
    36. Investigating Vertebrate Tissues
    Index
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    Equipment and Materials > Materials from Kit

    Materials from Kit

    • Goggles

    • Barfoed’s reagent

    • Beaker, 250 mL

    • Benedict’s reagent

    • d-glucose (dextrose)

    • graduated cylinder, 10 mL

    • Gram’s iodine stain

    • Hydrochloric acid

    • Pipettes

    • Reaction plate, 24-well

    • Seliwanoff’s reagent

    • Slides (flat) and coverslips

    • Sudan III stain

    • Test tubes

    • Test tube rack


      

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