GOAL: To learn how to calculate the Simpson’s Diversity Index (D), an important index for measuring diversity. BACKGROUND: Remember from class that community diversity is an important metric for understanding the stability and resilience of an ecological community. The more species present, the more the food web is resilient to disturbances and/or can recover from…

· Watch the Intro to Enzymes video · Watch the pre-lab video on enzyme lab procedures and the effects of environmental conditions Intro – Enzymes This video will cover an introduction to enzymes including enzyme function and factors influencing enzyme function. Intro Enzymes video Pre-Lab Enzymes This video covers information on environmental factors affecting enzyme…

Lab completion checklist: · Watch the Intro to Cellular Respiration video · Watch the pre-lab video on cellular respiration Cell Respiration Introduction: This video covers an introduction to cellular respiration including its steps, reactants, products and the structure of the mitochondria. Cellular respiration Introduction Video Effect of Physical Activity on Aerobic Respiration Use this video…

Mitosis Lab Lab completion checklist: · Watch the Intro to Mitosis video · Watch the pre-lab video on mitosis · Watch the animal and plant mitosis videos to see how to identify phases of mitosis · Use the interactive microscope to find the phases of mitosis in animals and plants. Intro Mitosis This video will…

Extracting DNA from FruitMaterials· Re-sealable plastic bag · Two strawberries or other fruit, like bananas, kiwi, blueberries, etc., or onion (strawberries and bananas tend to have a lot of DNA) · 2 teaspoons dish soap · ½ cup water · 1 teaspoon of salt · Two plastic cups or clear glasses · Coffee filter or…

Instructions 1. Please use the data collected during the experiment to write the midterm lab report. See detailed instructions below.  2. See attached the excel data sheet you can use for calculations- please download and enter your numbers in the appropriate spaces. You can use the same file to make your graphs. If you don’t…

Today you will be exploring relationships between species through phylogenetic trees. Follow this link to the Evolution Game. During the game, you will answer questions and then take screenshots of your trees and insert them in this document (feel free to change the spacing on this sheet). MISSION 1 TRAINING TREES . Game 1- Red,…

BIO-1406 BIOLOGY FOR SCIENCE Choose a species and title your discussion board with the common name and proper scientific name of the species; example: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus). It can be an animal, plant, fungus, protist, bacteria, whatever you want.  For the body of your post, tell us about your species AND give an example…

BIO-110 Lab: Endangered Species Submission Instructions Type your answers and paste any required pictures directly into this Word document. Submit it via the Blackboard submission link in Word format (docx).   · Answers typed into a new blank document or submitted in the other formats will not be accepted.   · If this lab requires…

You will work on your own to create a Powerpoint presentation about a genetic disease of your choice.   Your report should not be all text, it should have pictures to illustrate each point on each slide. No length limit for the presentation; however, the presentation should include all of the following info.   Each…