Biology Labs

Purdue Vet School Life Science Curricula

Chromatography

Separation of FD&C Food Colors in M&M Candies (Word)
Column Chromatography (Word)
Column Chromatography 2 (Word)
Analysis of Mouthwash (Word)
Identification of Alcohols in a Mixture (Word)

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

HPLC Instructions for Operation (Word)
Determining Caffeine Concentrations in Soft Drinks (Word)
What is in Your Pain Reliever? (Word)
Toxicology Lab (Word)

Visible Spectroscopy

Genesys How-to Video
Simple Spec 20 Demystification Activity (Word)
Demystification of Visible Spectrophotometers (Word)
Introduction to Visible Light Spectroscopy (Word)
Genesys Spectrophotometer Directions (PowerPoint)
Spectrophotometric Analysis of Aspirin (Word)
Analysis of Plant Pigments Using Paper Chromatography and UV/Visible Spectroscopy (PDF)
Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity (Word)
Analysis of Iron in Foods (Word)
Analysis of Kool-Aid (Word)
Analysis of Kool-Aid revised for Genosys Specs (Word)
Absorbance of Food Coloring (Word)

Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy

UV/Vis Spectrophotometer Instructions (Beckman) (Word)
UV and You: The Ultraviolet Transmittance of Sunglasses (Word)
Quantification of Nucleic Acids Using the UV/Vis Spectrophotometer (Word)
Analysis of Plant Pigment (Word)
How fast is your pain reliever? (Word)
Using the Red Tide UV/VIS (Word)

Microscopy

Onion Root Mitosis (Word)

Nuclear Spectroscopy

Old Style Nuclear Scaler How-to Video
New Style Nuclear Scaler How-to Video
ST-150 Introduction Power Point
Radioactivity Old Scalers (Word)
Radioactivity New Scalers (Word)
Half-Life of a Radioactive Isotope (Word)
Half-Life of a Radioactive Isotope PDF
Detecting Radioactivity of a Lantern Mantel (Word)
Half-Life of Potassium-40 (Word)
Half-life simulation (Word)
Alternative Half-life Simulation Activity (Word)
Nuclear Spectrometry Extensions (Word) Must Be Used With Old Style Scalars
Nuclear Radioactivity Shielding Extension (Word)
Cloud Chamber (Word)

pH Meters

Electrophoresis and PCR

Micropipette How-to Video
Gel Electrophoresis Dyes Lab Video
Gel Electrophoresis DNA Extension - Teacher Edition (PowerPoint)
Demystification of Gel Electrophoresis: How Does it Work? (Word)
Extraction of DNA from Calf Thymus Cells (Word)
The Effects of Plasmids of Genotype and Phenotype (Word)
Exp 102 Sickle Cell Anemia (Word)
The Case of Missing Purdue Pete (Word)

Hach Water Testing

Water Testing 1 (Word)
Water Testing 2 (Word)

Melting Point Apparatus

Melting Point Determination (Word)

Soil Testing

Soil Porosity and Infiltration Lab (Word)

Miscellaneous

Eggsperiment (Holiday use of indicators, Word)
Simple Natural Selection Activity (Word)

Vernier Probeware

Vernier Sensor Booklets
Application of the Gas Pressure/Volume Relationship To the Cartesian Diver (Word)
Introduction to Titrations and Colorimeters (Word)
How Does pH Paper Work (Word)
Quantitative Titration using phenolphtahalein and pH probes (Word)
Human Cardiovascular Physiology (Word)
Respiratory System Physiology (Word)
Intermolecular Attraction and Vaporization (Word)
Using Dissolved O ₂ Probe to Show Solution Saturation (Word)
Sweet Potato Osmosis (Word)
Using the ORP Vernier Probe for Long Term Measurement of Water Quality in an Aquatic System (Word)
Yeast Respiration and Substrate (Word)
Aerobic Cell Respiration With CO2 Probe (Word)
pH Titration (Word)
Labquest help (Word)
Comparing Sunscreens using UVA and UVB probes (Word)

Liquid Nitrogen

Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration (Word)

Science of Skulls

Science of Skulls Activity (Word)

Rodox Activity Sun Labs

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