Supplies Needed for AP* Biology Labs
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Note: Bold typed items may be purchased locally.
- dialysis tubing (at least 2 cm in diameter X 18 cm in length)
- glucose
- starch
- IKI-potassium iodide and iodine
- Tes-Tape
- sucrose
- cork borer (5mm diameter)
- string
- plastic wrap
- potatoes
- thermometers
- balances
- beef liver
- 3% hydrogen peroxide
- 1.0 M sulfuric acid
- 2 % potassium permanganate
- pearl onion bulbs
- 0.5% toluidine blue
- 1 % hydrochloric acid
- 1 M hydrochloric acid
- spinach
- petroleum ether
- acetone
- square chromatography paper
- 0.1 M phosphate buffer
- DPIP
- pea seeds
- glass beads
- 1% potassium hydroxide
- 15% potassium hydroxide
- ethanol
- pH paper
- syringes
- 2 doz. 10 ml syringes
- 2 doz. 1 ml syringes
- large Ziploc bags
- paraffin wax
- toluidine blue, this is the crystal form
- glycerin
- nonabsorbent cotton
- absorbent cotton
- turkey pans or wall paper troughs
- foil
- plastic wrap
- spectrophotometers
- cuvettes
- burette clamps and burettes
- electrophoresis chambers
- electrophoresis voltage boxes
- 20, 100, 1000 microliter pipets
- microcentrifuge
Standard Lab Equipment Needed:
- tubing clamps for tubing of 8mm diameter and 1.5 mm wall thickness
- Petri dishes (plastic is fine)
- meter sticks
- test tubes
- test tube holders
- test tube racks
- Floodlights
- 4 thermometers
- ring stands, ring stand clamps
- methyl cellulose
- 50 ml beakers
- 250 ml beakers
- 1000 ml beakers
- distilled water
- electric fans-2
- single edge razor blades
- slides and coverslips
- compound microscopes
- paper towels
- masking tape
- marking pens
- 100 ml graduated cylinders
- eyedroppers
- ice
- rulers
- dissecting probes
- hot plates
- Bunsen burners
- burner striker
- triple beam balances
- kitchen blender
- airline tubing
- Vaseline
- 1 hole rubber stoppers to fit into 1ml pipets
- aquarium sealer
- index cards
- burettes
- 0.1 ml pipets
- 1.0 ml pipets
- pipets to measure 1 ml in 0.1 divisions
- pipets to measure 0.1 ml in 0.01 divisions
- Fruit fly blue media
- Fruit fly vial stoppers
- Fly Nap
- DNA for transformation and electrophoresis
- thin stemmed plants
- microsize water bath
- 15 nuts and bolts
