Tag Archives: Graphing

Moldy bread, experimental design, and you

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

For many semesters, my nonmajors biology lab did a lab called chicken wing microbiology. You can download it here, from the wonderful Association for Biology Laboratory Education website (Walvoord and Hoefnagels, 2006). In the lab, students devised a method to … Continue reading →

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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Simple, Realistic Lab Activity

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Every now and then I write a blog post about lab activities that worked in my nonmajors biology class. For example, I have written about reptilobirds (an activity combining meiosis and inheritance), staining banana cells to illustrate digestion in plants, … Continue reading →

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Growing a Thicker Skin: A Borrowed Lab Activity

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

Skimming through the August 2015 issue of The American Biology Teacher, I found a lab activity that I am eager to try. It’s by Troy R. Nash, Suann Yang, and John C. Inman of Presbyterian College, and it’s called “Growing a Thicker … Continue reading →

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