Biology Lab Investigations – For AP & IB Students

The book provides coverage of the essential lab topics of the AP and IB Biology courses. Each lab investigation is well-structured with an introduction, lab concepts, procedure, execution, results, analysis, and conclusion. One of the core intellectual aspects of lab investigations was to connect the principles of science in the context of real-world problems for a better understanding of an investigation. Each topic contains performed lab with procedure, observed data, analysis and conclusion. Some of key lab investigations are: Investigating the diffusion into cells with respect to cell-size and surface-area Comparing of functioning of enzymes at different pH levels. Determining the rate of photosynthesis/respiration using the floating disk technique Evaluating the environmental effects on mitosis using Chi-Square distribution Creating a recombinant plasmid, a widely used technique in genetic engineering in the development of molecular biology Creating Cladograms showing shared derived traits and degrees of relationships between organisms Accessing BLAST database to analyze amino acid (protein) and nucleotides (gene sites DNA) sequencing and construct Cladogram Simulating microevolution and population genetics to investigate Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for evolutionary changes Investigating the efficiency of food energy for feeding on different trophic levels Investigating the transfer of energy from the primary producer into the biomass production