Biology Lab Experiments
Directions: Click on the “Experiment Title” link to the lab that you wish to preview. The webpage provides a description of the experiment with correlations to state and national science standards. After you submit a SIM request to borrow equipment or obtain the services of the Mobile Educator, then you will be emailed both the student and teacher versions of the experiment in Word format. You may edit the lab to meet your specific needs and make copies for use with your classes.
Biology with Vernier Lab Experiments
| 1 | Energy in Food | Go Direct® Temperature Probe |
| 2 | Limitations on Cell Size: Surface Area to Volume | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe |
| 3 | Acids and Bases | Go Direct® pH Sensor |
| 4 | Diffusion through Membranes | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe |
| 5 | Conducting Solutions | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe |
| 6A | Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 6B | Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 7 | Photosynthesis | Go Direct® Colorimeter |
| 8 | The Effect of Alcohol on Biological Membranes | Go Direct® Colorimeter |
| 9 | Biological Membranes | Go Direct® Colorimeter |
| 10 | Transpiration | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 11A | Cell Respiration (O2) | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 11B | Cell Respiration (CO2) | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 11C | Cell Respiration (Pressure) | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor (2) |
| 11D | Cell Respiration (CO2 and O2) | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor, Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 12A | Respiration of Sugars by Yeast | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 12B | Sugar Fermentation | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 13 | Population Dynamics | Go Direct® Colorimeter |
| 14 | Interdependence of Plants and Animals | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe, Go Direct® pH Sensor |
| 15 | Biodiversity and Ecosystems | Go Direct® Temperature Probe |
| 16A | Effect of Temperature on Respiration | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 16B | Effect of Temperature on Fermentation | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 17 | Aerobic Respiration | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe, Go Direct® Temperature Probe |
| 18 | Acid Rain | Go Direct® pH Sensor |
| 19 | Dissolved Oxygen in Water | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe |
| 20 | Watershed Testing | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe, Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe, Go Direct® pH Sensor |
| 21 | Physical Profile of a Lake | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe, Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe, Go Direct® pH Sensor, Water Depth Sampler |
| 22 | Osmosis | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 23A | Effect of Temperature on Cold-Blooded Organisms | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 23B | Effect of Temperature on Cold-Blooded Organisms | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 24A | Lactase Action | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 24B | Lactase Action | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 25 | Primary Productivity | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe, Primary Productivity Kit |
| 26 | Control of Human Respiration | Go Direct® Respiration Belt |
| 27 | Heart Rate and Physical Fitness | Go Wireless® Heart Rate |
| 28 | Monitoring EKG | Go Direct® EKG Sensor |
| 29 | Ventilation and Heart Rate | Go Wireless® Heart Rate |
| 30 | Oxygen Gas and Human Respiration | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 31A | Photosynthesis and Respiration (O2) | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 31B | Photosynthesis and Respiration (CO2) | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 31C | Photosynthesis and Respiration (CO2 and O2) | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor, Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
Directions: Click on the”Experiment Title” link to the lab that you wish to preview. The webpage provides a description of the experiment with correlations to state and national science standards. After you submit a SIM request to borrow equipment or obtain the services of the Mobile Educator, then you will be emailed both the student and teacher versions of the experiment in Word format. You may edit the lab to meet your specific needs and make copies for use with your classes.
Investigating Biology through Inquiry
| 1 | Buffer Investigations | Go Direct® pH Sensor |
| 2 | Diffusion | Go Direct® Conductivity Probe |
| 3 | Investigating Osmosis | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 4 | Chemistry of Membranes | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 5 | Investigating Protein | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 6A | Testing Catalase Activity (O2 Gas Sensor) | Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor |
| 6B | Testing Catalase Activity (Gas Pressure) | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 6C | Testing Enzyme Activity (Spectrometer) | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 7 | Introduction to Biofuels: Enzyme Action | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 8 | Analysis of Enzymes using Tyrosinase | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 9 | Cellular Respiration | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 10A | Sugar Metabolism with Yeast (Carbon Dioxide Gas) | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor, Go Direct® Temperature Probe |
| 10B | Sugar Metabolism with Yeast (Ethanol) | Go Direct® Ethanol Vapor |
| 11 | Fermentation with Yeast | Go Direct® Temperature Probe, Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 12 | Photosynthesis by Chloroplasts | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 13 | Transpiration of Plants | Go Direct® Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 14 | Plant Pigments | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 15 | Heart Rate | Go Wireless® Heart Rate |
| 16 | Investigating Dissolved Oxygen | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe |
| 17 | Investigating Primary Productivity | Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe |
| 18 | Modeling Population Dynamics | No probeware used |
| 19 | Water Monitoring | Go Direct® pH Sensor, Go Direct® Conductivity Probe, Go Direct® Optical Dissolved Oxygen Probe |
| 20 | Evolution of Cellobiase in Fungi | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 21 | Introduction to Molecular Evolution | |
| 22 | Evolution of Yeast | Go Direct® CO2 Gas Sensor |
Directions: Click on the”Experiment Title” link to the lab that you wish to preview. The webpage provides a description of the experiment with correlations to state and national science standards. After you submit a SIM request to borrow equipment or obtain the services of the Mobile Educator, then you will be emailed both the student and teacher versions of the experiment in Word format. You may edit the lab to meet your specific needs and make copies for use with your classes.
Advanced Biology with Vernier Lab Experiments
| 1A | Diffusion through Membranes | Conductivity Probe |
| 1B | Osmosis | Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 2A | Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity | O2 Gas Sensor |
| 2B | Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity | Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 3 | Mitosis & Meiosis | Compound microscope w/slides and cover slips |
| 4A | Plant Pigment Chromatography | Paper Chromatography |
| 4B | Photosynthesis | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 5A | Cell Respiration (CO2 and O2) | CO2 Gas Sensor, O2 Gas Sensor |
| 5B | Cell Respiration (CO2) | CO2 Gas Sensor |
| 5C | Cell Respiration (O2) | O2 Gas Sensor |
| 5D | Cell Respiration (Pressure) | Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 6A | pGLO™ Bacterial Transformation | Blue Digital Bioimaging System |
| 6B | Analysis of Precut Lambda DNA | Blue Digital Bioimaging System |
| 6B | Forensic DNA Fingerprinting | Blue Digital Bioimaging System |
| 7 | Genetics of Drosophila | **Fruit flies |
| 8 | Population Genetics and Evolution | *PTC paper |
| 9 | Transpiration | Gas Pressure Sensor |
| 10A | Blood Pressure as a Vital Sign | Blood Pressure Sensor |
| 10B | Heart Rate and Physical Fitness | Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor |
| 11 | Animal Behavior | **Fruit flies and Pillbugs |
| 12A | Dissolved Oxygen in Water | Vernier Optical DO Probe, Stainless Steel Temperature Probe |
| 12B | Primary Productivity | Vernier Optical DO Probe, Primary Productivity Kit |
| 13 | The Visible Spectra of Plant Pigments | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 14 | Determination of Chlorophyll in Olive Oil | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 15 | Enzyme Analysis using Tyrosinase | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 16 | Introduction to Neurotransmitters using AChE | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
| 17 | Macromolecules: Experiments with Protein | Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer |
**Living organisms currently not in stock
