Supplies Needed for AP* Biology Labs
Bold typed items may be purchased locally
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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
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
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
 ml pipets
 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
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