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Instructional Video8:29
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 6: Molecular Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains the two major portions of the molecular biology lab in AP Biology. He starts by discussing the process of transformation. He explains how you can use the pGLO plasmid to produce glowing E. coli bacteria. He then...
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Instructional Video12:15
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Labs - part 2

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains the final 6 of 13 AP Biology Labs. The following topics are included: Transformation, Restriction Analysis of DNA, Energy Dynamics, Transpiration, Animal Behavior, and Enzyme Activity.
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Instructional Video5:25
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 7: Genetics of Drosophila

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen describes the virtual fly lab. Software at sciencecourseware.org allows for multiple matings and statistical analysis.
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Instructional Video5:59
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 8: Population Genetics and Evolution

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen explains Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and describes the bead lab.
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Instructional Video13:25
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Labs - part 1

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen details the first 7 of 13 labs in the AP Biology Curriculum. The following topics are all covered: Artificial Selection, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Comparing DNA using BLAST, Diffusion and Osmosis, Photosynthesis,...
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Instructional Video7:45
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 1: Diffusion and Osmosis

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of diffusion and osmosis. He then describes the diffusion demonstration and how molecules move over time. He then explains the concepts behind the osmosis lab and how potatoes are affected by...
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Instructional Video4:22
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 11: Animal Behavior

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen introduces the concept of ethology and contrasts kinesis and taxis. He explains the importance of courtship rituals in fruit flies. He finally shows you how to use a choice chamber to study behavior in pill bugs.
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Instructional Video4:29
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 10: Physiology of the Circulatory System

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen shows you how to use a sphygmomanometer to measure the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The the describes the elements of the laboratory portion. The temperature is gradually lowered and the respiration rate of a...
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Instructional Video5:40
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 5: Cellular Respiration

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how a respirometer can be used to measure the respiration rate in peas, germinating peas and the worm. KOH is used to solidify CO2 produced by a respiring organism.
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Instructional Video5:42
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 12: Dissolved Oxygen

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen demonstrates the azide-winkler method of dissolved oxygen analysis.
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Instructional Video1:11
The March of Time

1953: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: WS Heyden Observatory (biology lab since 1970s). Director Father Francis J. Heyden (1907-1991) showing slide of Mars to grad students, SOT asking for lights down, few Mars facts, lights up, leaving for observatory.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1953: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: WS Heyden Observatory (biology lab since 1970s). Director Father Francis J. Heyden (1907-1991) showing slide of Mars to grad students, SOT asking for lights down, few Mars facts, lights up, leaving for...
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Instructional Video5:15
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 9: Transpiration

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen starts by defining transpiration as evaporation off of a leaf. He then describes how a potometer can be used to measure the rate of transpiration in different environments.
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Instructional Video6:45
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 2: Enzyme Catalysis

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of enzymes and substrates. He then explains how you can measure the rate of an enzyme mediated reaction. Catalase from yeast is used to break hydrogen peroxide down into water and oxygen. He...
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Instructional Video6:39
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 3: Mitosis and Meiosis

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen compares and contrasts mitosis and meiosis. He shows how you can count cells in various phases of mitosis to construct a cell cycle pie chart. He also explains how you can use the fungus Sordaria to calculate map units...
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Instructional Video5:42
Bozeman Science

AP Biology Lab 4: Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how pigments can be separated using chromatography. He shows how you can calculate the Rf value for each pigment. He then explains how you can measure the rate of photosynthesis using leaf chads and water...
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Instructional Video6:44
Bozeman Science

Photosynthesis Lab Walkthrough

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen shows you how to sink leaf chads in preparation for the AP Biology photosynthesis lab. An empty syringe is used to remove gas from the leaves before the lab. As the chloroplasts absorb light they produce oxygen bubbles which...
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Instructional Video5:37
Amoeba Sisters

General Lab Safety

12th - Higher Ed
This Amoeba Sisters video introduces science lab safety guidelines with memorable illustrations and an accompanying handout listed under "safety". This video includes the discussion of proper lab attire, importance of proper disposal of...
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Instructional Video11:08
TED Talks

How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials | Emily Leproust

12th - Higher Ed
What if we could use biology to restore our balance with nature without giving up modern creature comforts? Advocating for a new kind of environmentalism, scientist and entrepreneur Emily Leproust rethinks modern sustainability at the...
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Instructional Video17:33
TED Talks

Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology

12th - Higher Ed
Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at the intersection of computational design, additive manufacturing, materials...
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Instructional Video13:14
TED Talks

TED: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? | Natsai Audrey Chieza

12th - Higher Ed
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple...
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Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

High-Tech Ways Genomics is Changing Field Biology

12th - Higher Ed
To figure out an organism's genome and DNA sequence, field biologists need big, expensive equipment in the labs. But, new high-tech devices help scientists to examine samples on the sites!
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Instructional Video5:39
Bozeman Science

Cellular Respiration Lab Walkthrough

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen walks you through the cellular respiration lab.
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Instructional Video4:20
TED Talks

TED: Bio-lab on a microchip | Frederick Balagadde

12th - Higher Ed
Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab -- by...
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Instructional Video4:56
Bozeman Science

Osmosis Lab Walkthrough

12th - Higher Ed
Mr. Andersen shows you how to properly core potatoes for the osmosis lab. A thorough description of the lab protocol is included along with a brief description of percent mass change.

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