Recommended Science Labs (9-12)

Life Sciences
Biology Recommended labs and activities: how to make observations, data collection, and graphing, experimental design, microscope usage, osmosis and diffusion lab, viewing under microscope cells, tissues, plant and animal cells, cell parts, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, carbon dioxide and photosynthesis lab, enzyme lab, identification of plant parts, classification activity, dichotomous keys, plant colors and chromatography, transpiration, DNA isolation, real and/or virtual dissection, variation in plant growth, habitat, carrying capacity and animal needs activities from Project Wild, evolution and natural selection activities, designing and conducting an independent observation or experiment, and field trips to natural areas, but not limited to these. Advanced Placement Biology Required labs: diffusion and osmosis, mitosis and meiosis, cell respiration, genetics of organisms, transpiration, animal behavior, enzyme catalysis, plant pigmentation and photosynthesis, molecular biology, real and/or virtual dissection, population genetics, and evolution, physiology of the circulatory system, dissolved oxygen and aquatic primary production, but not limited to these Microbiology Recommended labs and activities: handling micros safely lab, Basic Laboratory and Culture Techniques, negative, gram, acid fast staining, media preparation and sterilization, Culture transfer instruments and techniques, environmental culture sampling, micro identification and classification techniques, but not limited to these. Botany Recommended labs and activities: identify plant cells and tissues using a microscope, dissection, identify parts of various plants in lab practicum, classification activity, use dichotomous keys, identify plants, and identify them from the different Natural Divisions, evolution and natural selection activities, design and conduct an observation or experiment, but not limited to these. Zoology Recommended labs and activities: identify animal cells and tissues using a microscope, dissection, identify body parts of various animals in lab practicum, classification activity, use dichotomous keys, real and/or virtual dissection, habitat, carrying capacity, and animal needs activities from Project Wild or Wet, evolution and natural selection activities, design and conduct an observation or experiment, but not limited to these. Environmental Science Recommended labs and activities: identification of different environments common to Arkansas, wetland, prairie, coastal plain, river valley, mountain, etc, and the common plants and animals found there, conduct water, air and soil tests, identify pH levels in unknown water and soil samples, identification of common examples from each of the Natural Divisions, use dichotomous keys, use

topographical map to locate study area(s), and design and carry-out and observation or experiment in the study area, but not limited to these. Advanced Placement Environmental Science Recommended labs and activities: air, water and soils testing kits, estimating population size, identification of different environments common to Arkansas, wetland, prairie, coastal plain, river valley, mountain, etc, and the common plants and animals found there, conduct water, air and soil tests, identification of common examples (trees, plants, and land forms) from each of the Natural Divisions, use topographical map to locate study area(s), and design and carry-out and observation or experiment in the study area, but not limited to these Anatomy and Physiology Recommended labs and activities: identify human cells and tissues using a microscope, real and/or virtual dissection of animal organs, identify body parts in lab practicum, design and conduct an observation or experiment on heart rate, breathing, galvanic skin response, reflex test, vision, hearing, smelling and other sensory tests blood typing, and shadowing of a medical professional, but not limited to these. Oceanography Recommended labs and activities: local ocean features on models and maps, view sand samples under the microscope, create the proper pH, salinity levels, and mineral levels for the ocean in local water and compare, classification activity, identify various sea life from specimens, habitat, carrying capacity, and sea animal needs activities from Project Wet, evolution and natural selection activities, design a possible observation or experiment for the ocean if the student were able to visit, but not limited to these. Genetics Recommended labs and activities: microscope lab on human cell parts, meiosis and mitosis lab, Punnett Square lab, view human chromosomes, construct a human pedigree chart, genetic crossings (plant or fruit fly), apply Chi square statistical tests to crosses, finding phenotypes/genotypes of common human genetic traits, virtual or prepared blood typing, and DNA labs, but not limited to these. International Baccalaureate Biology Middle Year Program Recommended labs and activities: nutrients in food, enzyme lab, microscope lab, osmosis, diffusion, chromatography, mitosis microscope lab, electrophoresis lab, paternity lab, probability, population ecology lab, natural selection, graphing lab, classification, fossil study, fruit and seed lab, karyotyping, variations within a population, corn monohybrid genetics lab, bean see germination and lung capacity lab, but not limited to these. International Baccalaureate Biology Recommended labs and activities: real and/or virtual dissection, diffusion and osmosis, semipermeable membranes, variation in a natural population, mitotic life cycles, enzyme lab, plant pigments and photosynthesis, cellular respiration, fermentation, transformation of E. coli, paternity lab, genetics of organisms lab, pedigree lab, Hardy-Weinberg, transpiration, Planaria and environmental

stimulus, infectious disease lab, physiology of the circulation system, animal behavior, dissolved oxygen and aquatic primary production, but not limited to these.

Physical Sciences
Chemistry Recommended labs and activities: Selection and use of proper lab equipment, density, measurement and error analysis, chemical and physical changes, mixtures and compounds, flame test lab, graphical analysis of data, hydrate lab, equilibrium (Le Chatelier), oxidation reduction, pH titration, salt hydrolysis, endothermic and exothermic reactions, Charles' Law, Boyle's Law, molar volume of a gas, crystal systems models, rate of solution and solubility, paper chromatography, types of chemical reactions, factors affecting the rate of a chemical reaction, voltaic cells/cell potentials, synthesis of an organic compound, half-life simulation, separation of a mixture, cation analysis, identification of an unknown compound, heat of reaction/combustion, emission spectroscopy, pH and indicators, and buffer formation and action, but not limited to these. Advanced Placement Chemistry Recommended labs and activities: Determination of a formula, stoichiometry of limiting reagent, spectrophotometer lab, rates of chemical reactions, determination of an equilibrium constant, analysis of an unknown acid sample, determine the molecular weight of an acid, analysis of an unknown hydrogen carbonate, indicators, pH, and titrations, principles of calorimetry, chromatography, organic synthesis, but not limited to these. International Baccalaureate Chemistry Middle Year Program Recommended labs and activities: empirical formula of metal oxide, products of unknown reactants (regular and solution stoichiometry), prediction of solubility of compounds and construction of solubility table, identification of unknown compound, determination of amount of gas formed at lab conditions of temperature and pressure (gas stoichiometry), heat of fusion, heat of combustion, spectral analysis, acids and bases, determination of new boiling point and/or molarity of for using colligative properties, but not limited to these. International Baccalaureate Chemistry Recommended labs and activities: density, formula of a hydrate, empirical formula of a compound, molar mass of a volatile liquid, preparing a standard solution, titration of a weak acid, analysis of commercial bleach, electrochemical cells, determination of rate law, heat of combustion, determination of equilibrium constant, neutralization of acid/base reaction, chemistry of copper, synthesis and analysis of aspirin, and qualitative analysis, but not limited to these. Physics Recommended labs and activities: work, power, force, velocity and acceleration, falling objects, projectile motion, friction, centripetal and circular motion, work, force, momentum and collisions, pendulums, Doppler Effect, sound, resonance, pitch, intensity of sound, lenses, mirrors, optics, lasers, particle/wave nature of light, electromagnetic spectrum, electric and magnetic interactions (poles, charges, force, Coulombs Law), apply Ohms Law to current, resistance, voltage, circuits, electromagnets, motors, generators, and transformers, thermodynamics, radioactivity, but not limited to these.

Principles of Technology I Recommended labs and activities: labs on force, work, specific gravity and pressure in a fluid, series and parallel circuits, temperature, rate, resistance, energy, power, and force transformers. Principles of Technology II Recommended labs and activities: momentum, waves and vibrations, energy converters, transducers, radiation, light and optics, and time. Physics in Context (PIC Physics) Recommended labs and activities: mechanical forces, springs, specific gravity, voltage, temperature, specific heat of a metal, torque, work (in wheel and axle, fluid, electric motor), average velocity, average acceleration, flow rate, rate in DC electrical system, heat flow, coefficient of friction, resistance in fluid flow, electrical systems, and thermal resistance, stored energy in air motors, springs, magnetic fields, equilibrium temperature in a mixture, linear mechanical power, power in an air motor, electric motors and generators, weight distribution and momentum in rotating systems, frequency in a vibrating body, resonance of sound, electromagnetic spectrum, nuclear radiation, reflection of light, light in lens, and laser radiation. Advanced Placement Physics B Recommended labs and activities: uniform acceleration, velocity (using calculus), projectile motion, Newtons Second Law of Motion, conservation of linear momentum, friction, work and energy, conservation of energy, torques, equilibrium and center of gravity, rotational motion and inertia, harmonic motion, gravity, fluid mechanics, temperature, hear, gas laws, laws of thermodynamics, Coulombs Law, electrostatics, capacitors, magnetostatics, Faradays Law, Lenzs Law, Ohms Law, wave properties, optics, refraction and reflection, photoelectric effect, wave-particle, but not limited to these. Advanced Placement Physics C Recommended labs and activities: uniform acceleration, velocity (using calculus), projectile motion, Newtons Second Law of Motion, conservation of linear momentum, friction, work and energy, conservation of energy, torques, equilibrium and center of gravity, rotational motion and inertia, Coulombs Law, electrostatics, capacitors, magnetostatics, Faradays Law, Lenzs Law, Ohms Law, but not limited to these. International Baccalaureate Physics Recommended labs and activities: period of pendulum, Hookes Law, graphing speed and acceleration, acceleration, Newtons Second Law, coefficient of fraction, conservation of motion (elastic and inelastic), impulse equals change in motion, centripetal acceleration, density/specific gravity, moment of inertia, linear expansion, Ohms Law, specific heat, Wheatstone bridge, heat of fusion, hear of vaporization, Kirchoffs Rules of circuits, oscilloscope, Boyles Law, electromagnetic induction, Charles Law, spectroscopy, wave characteristics, standing waves, laws of reflection and refraction, diffraction and polarization, but not limited to these. Physical Science

Recommended labs and activities: lab equipment usage, density, states of matter, chemical and physical changes, mixtures and compounds, create models of atoms, molecules and the Period Table, acids/bases/salts, Newtons Laws of Motion, acceleration, force, inertia, sound waves, light (reflection, refraction, diffusion, interference, diffraction, lenses), and Doppler Effect, magnets, compass, electromagnets, electric motors and generators, currents, circuits, solar cells and simple machines, but not limited to these. Active Physics Recommended labs and activities: Newtons Laws of Motion, acceleration, force, inertia, center of mass, and conservation of momentum, sound waves in string, tubs, and speakers, light (reflection, refraction, diffusion, interference, diffraction, lenses), and Doppler Effect, magnets, compass, electromagnets, electric motors and generators, currents, circuits, and solar cells, but not limited to these. Earth Science Recommended labs and activities: identification labs on rocks, minerals, fossils, use of the telescope, soil tests kits, identification of landforms and ocean forms on models, maps and pictures, construction models (Arkansas geology, Earths core, landforms, atmosphere, ocean bottom, solar system, galaxies) , but not limited to these. Geology Recommended labs and activities: identification labs on rocks, minerals, fossils, soil tests kits, identification of landforms on models, maps and pictures, construction models (Arkansas geology, Earths core, land forms) , but not limited to these. Astronomy Recommended labs and activities: use of the telescope, identification of bright stars, constellations, nebula, galaxies, comets, and the Milky Way, but not limited to these. Meteorology Recommended labs and activities: labs on gas pressure, cloud formation, identification of cloud types and wind directions, use of weather monitoring equipment to predict weather, but not limited to these.