MANDATORY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
Unit 1
1. Qualitative Food Tests – starch, reducing sugar, lipid, protein
2. Using a Field Identification Key
3. Fieldwork Methods of Capturing Animals
4. Quantitative Surveys – distribution and population of plant/animal
5. Investigation of Three Abiotic Factors
Unit 2
6. Use of the Light Microscope
7. Preparation of Animal Cells for Light Microscope Examination
8. Preparation of Plant Cells for Light Microscope Examination
9. Osmosis Demonstration
10. The Effect of pH on the Rate of Enzyme Activity
11. The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Enzyme Activity
12. Preparation and Application of Enzyme Immobilisation
13. Influence of Light or Carbon Dioxide on Photosynthesis Rate
14. Prepare and Show the Production of Alcohol by Yeast
15. Isolate DNA from Plant Tissue
Unit 3
16. Culturing Leaf Yeasts
17. Dicot Stem T. S. – preparation and microscope examination
18. Effect of water, oxygen and temperature on seed germination
19. Digestive Activity of Seeds during Seed Germination
20. Effect of I.A.A. Growth Regulator on Plant Tissue
21. Heart Dissection
22. Effect of Exercise on the Breathing Rate or Pulse of a Human
Food Tests Experiments
