Fetal Pig Dissection
CAROLINA DISSECTION GUIDES Introduction Pigs are excellent and engaging specimens for studying mammalian anatomy. They exhibit hair, a muscular diaphragm, a 4-chambered heart, and mammary glands. Middle school students can use preserved pigs to begin their exploration of human body systems and structure and function. Advanced high school biology or anatomy and physiology students can […]
Exploring the World of Science Together: Family Science Night Made Easy with Carolina
Discover how to plan a successful Family Science Night at your school with engaging STEM activities, tips for organizing volunteers, and ideas to spark curiosity in students and families alike.
Leave Your Print: Basic Fingerprinting
In Booth Demo Life Science 6-12 Middle / High School Imprint your science expertise on the topic of dactyloscopy, the study of fingerprints. Fingerprints are completely unique, and no two people have ever been discovered to have identical prints. Using fingerprinting supplies and materials from Carolina, you can bring this activity into your classroom and […]
Simulating Macroinvertebrate Sampling for Assessing Freshwater Quality
CAROLINA LABSHEETS Overview NGSS Standards Objective Materials Teacher Preparations Quick Links Close Quick Links Open Quick Links Overview NGSS Standards Objective Materials Teacher Preparations Overview NGSS Standards Objective Materials Teacher Preparations Overview Clean, noncontaminated water is an essential natural resource for all living organisms—animals and plants. Assessing water quality provides students the opportunity to gather […]
Three-Point Linkage with Drosophila
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this lab students investigate the effects of gene linkage and crossing-over on the inheritance of three traits of Drosophila. They use the data they collect to construct a linkage map of the gene loci. 172051 Three-Point Linkage: The vial of testcross fruit flies is from a cross between females heterozygous for […]
Lumbriculus: Contraction Rate of the Dorsal Blood Vessel
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this introductory physiology lab, students determine the contraction rate of the dorsal blood vessel of the blackworm Lumbriculus. Students then design and conduct an experiment to determine the effect of temperature change or chemical exposure on the contraction rate. Student Lab Sheet Needed Materials* Lumbriculus culture (141720 for 30 students) dropping […]
Investigating Hatching of Brine Shrimp Eggs
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this lab students study the hatching of brine shrimp eggs and design an experiment to see what factors influence hatching. Brine shrimp, genus Artemia, are found in saline lakes on all continents except Antarctica. They tolerate a wide range of salt concentrations. Brine shrimp produce two different types of eggs. In […]
Introduction to Protists: Amoeba
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this lab, students will observe Amoeba proteus as an example of an animal-like protist. Traditionally, amoebas were classified under Domain Eukarya, Kingdom Protista, and Phylum Amoebozoa. However, it is widely recognized that Protista is not a natural grouping. Amoebozoa are more closely related to fungi and animals than they are to […]
Protists: Key to Algae Mixtures
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this lab activity students use a simple dichotomous key to identify several genera of algae contained in our algae mixtures. The key avoids the use of highly technical terms so that even beginning students can use it. Student Lab Sheet Key to Algae Mixtures Needed Materials Algae Mixture (see recommendations below) […]
Bacterial Growth on MacConkey Agar
Carolina LabSheets™ Overview In this lab studentsculture three bacteria on nutrient agar and MacConkey agar and record the results. Nutrient agar is nonselective, meaning that it supports the growth of a broad range of bacteria. MacConkey agar inhibits the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and is thus a selective medium. MacConkey agar is also a differential […]