LIFE SCIENCES
Appendix F7: Technology and Other Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000]
Audience: Budget Committee, Technology Committee, Administrators
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Budget Committee and to inform priorities of the Technology
Committee.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests.If you're requesting classroom
technology, see http://www.chabotcollege.edu/audiovisual/Chabot%20College%20Standard.pdf for the
brands/model numbers that are our current standards. If requesting multiple pieces of equipment,
please rank order those requests. Include shipping cost and taxes in your request.
Please note: Equipment requests are for equipment whose unit cost exceeds $200. Items which are
less expensive should be requested as supplies. Software licenses should also be requested as
supplies.
Project or Items
Requested
2012-13 Budget
Request Received
ed
$89,525
Earthworm Anatomy
Museum Mount
Perch Anatomy
Museum Mount
Grassfrog Anatomy
Museum Mount
Chicken Development
Museum Mount
Frog Development
Museum Mount
Brain Collection
Museum Mount
Cat Respiratory
System Museum
Mount
Somso Paramecium
Model
Green Hydra Model
Planarian Model
$
2013-14
Request
68225.56
$250
$350
$300
$300
$550
$650
$550
$900
$350
$600
Rationale*
Museum mounts have permanently
mounted, pre-dissected specimens
that can be used by thousands of
Biology 4 students
for many years without the expense of
buying specimens each year. Many
are injected and labeled to make it
easier for students to identify internal
structures.
Museum mounts have permanently
mounted, pre-dissected specimens
that can be used by thousands of
Biology 4 students
for many years without the expense of
buying specimens each year. Many
are injected and labeled to make it
easier for students to identify internal
structures.
The existing models are decades old
and are in poor condition. Many of
the labels are no longer visible and
keys are no longer available. New
models will be used by thousands of
Biology 4
students for many years.
The existing models are decades old
and are in poor condition. Many of
Comprehensive
Starfish Model
$1600
Bone Structure Model
$300
Somso Striated Muscle
Fiber Model
Somso Digestive Tract
Model
Somso Removable
Neuron Model
Denoyer-Geppert
Classroom Brain
Model
Somso Comprehensive
Female Pelvis Model
Somso Comprehensive
Male Pelvis Model
Altay Respiratory
System Model
Biology of Animals
DVD set
$800
Slide Set
Paramecia
Rhizopus
Peziza
Ammocoete larvae
Areolar tissue
Allium root tips
$1000
Chart/Poster Set
Cells
Mitosis
Meiosis
Kingdoms of Life
$350
$900
$700
$300
$500
$600
the labels are no longer visible and
keys are no longer available. New
models will be used by thousands of
Biology 4
students for many years.
The existing models are decades old
and are in poor condition.
Currently, these models must be
borrowed from the Anatomy classes.
Because they are often being used by
Anatomy classes, they aren’t available
and the Biology 4 students have to do
without.
New models will be used by thousands
of students for many years.
The existing models are decades old
and are in poor condition.
Currently, these models must be
borrowed from the Anatomy classes.
Because they are often being used by
Anatomy classes, they aren’t available
and the Biology 4 students have to do
without.
New models will be used by thousands
of students for many years.
The DVD set will replace outdated
videos that are wearing out. (Biology
4)
$350
$600
The slide set will replace damaged,
faded slides that are no longer usable.
(Biology 4)
Charts/posters will replace old charts
that are yellowed with age and are
torn and disintegrating.
(Biology 4)
Pond Charts I, II, III
Biomes
Chicken Development
Frog Development
Insect Identification
chart
26 Olympus CX31
microscopes
$30,000
Comparative Structure
of Digestive Duct Wall
Model
$300
Microstructure of the
Stomach Wall Model
Head/MRI model
Microstructure of
Veins and Arteries
Model
Micropipetes
$210
$450
$310
$18975
The microscopes used, in room 2124,
by microbiology and biology students
are approximately 10-years old. Their
efficient use has become more
difficult, as they are showing the
normal wear and tear.Students cannot
fully develop the necessary microscopy
skills using these aging instruments.
These are all models that have not
previously been available from the
manufactures. They will be used by
ANAT 1, BIOL 50, and BIOL 4 students
to increase their ability to visualize
internal body structures in 3D and to
compare and contrast the structure of
related organs. Currently, no models
exist for these particular organs at the
microscopic scale.
These are all models that have not
previously been available from the
manufactures. They will be used by
ANAT 1, BIOL 50, and BIOL 4 students
to increase their ability to visualize
internal body structures in 3D and to
compare and contrast the structure of
related organs. Currently, no models
exist for these particular organs at the
microscopic scale.
2 sets (16 each) 0.1-2l, 2-20l, 20200l, 100-1000l, Replaces old
micropipettes for Bio 2 which have
been used my Microbiology and have
had high usage and are becoming
inaccurate.
$18975
* Rationale should include discussion of impact on student learning, connection to our strategic plan
goal, impact on student enrollment, safety improvements, whether the equipment is new or
replacement, potential ongoing cost savings that the equipment may provide, ongoing costs of
equipment maintenance, associated training costs, and any other relevant information that you believe
the Budget Committee should consider.