Technicians’ advance planning sheet
Module B1: You and your genes
This table shows items which may need to be ordered or prepared in advance for this module. It does not
list standard items, for example, test tubes, beakers, thermometers etc.
Full details of the resources needed for each activity are given in the Requirements section of the Teacher
& Technician notes published by OUP, which also include safety information for the activity.
Activity
Item(s)
Quantity
Notes
AB1.2.1
Plant for cloning (cauliflower)
Spider plant (demo)
Petri dishes.
Non-absorbent cotton wool.
20% Domestos solution
70% Ethanol
Plant growth medium
ingredients:
Sugar
Agar
Murashige and Skoog medium
(Philip Harris)
Kinetin (Philip Harris)
1
1
1 per group
Few pieces per group
100 cm3 per group
Small bottle
6-9 cm3 per group
It is useful to set up some
cuttings several weeks before
this session.
Need sterilising equipment
(pressure cooker or autoclave.
It is possible to buy readymade media from Philip Harris.
AB1.4.1
Small circles of card
Sperm shaped cards
20 per group
20 per group
AB1.5.2
Plastic poppet beads in two
contrasting colours
200 of each colour per
group
AB1.5.4
Chromosome cards
1 set
LAB1.7.1 ‘Points of view’ cards
1 card per student
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Laminating the card is
recommended
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Technicians’ advance planning sheet
Module B2: Keeping healthy
This table shows items which may need to be ordered or prepared in advance for this module. It does not
list standard items, for example, test tubes, beakers, thermometers etc.
Full details of the resources needed for each activity are given in the Requirements section of the Teacher
& Technician notes published by OUP, which also include safety information for the activity.
Activity
Item(s)
Quantity
AB2.1.1
Chess/draughts board
Beads or Lego blocks (
1
200 per group
AB2.1.2
Starch solution
Iodine solution
Milk
25 cm3
Several dropping bottles
25 cm3 per student
AB2.5.1
Stilton
Nutrient medium
Non absorbent cotton wool
One piece
150 cm3
Large piece
Sterilizing equipment is
needed.
AB2.5.2
Agar lawn plate using Yakult
milk drink
Antibiotic disks (4 types)
Ethanol to sterilise forceps
1 per pair or group
Test plates needed to
determine stock solution of
Yakult.
Can use E.Coli as an
alternative to Yakult.
May be easier to buy antibiotic
mast rings than 4 individual
types.
Velcro board (felt covered)
Velcro strips
Pieces of Velcro of varying
sizes need to be attached to
ping pong balls.
Ping pong balls
Two colours of sticky dots
1
Enough to cut out 10 very
small pieces, 10 slightly
bigger pieces, and 10
larger pieces
30
10 of each colour
AB2.7.1
Lamb’s heart
Dissection equipment
Disinfectant for hand washing
Disinfectant for benches
Slides of artery and vein
1 per group
1 set per group
1 bottle
1 bottle
At least 1 of each
Hearts can be obtained from
supermarkets.
Ones with blood vessels can
be obtained from local
butchers/abattoirs and some
science suppliers (Blades
Biological, Mossmax).
Plucks (heart and lungs
attached) can also be sourced
from butchers etc.
AB2.8.3
Sphygmomanometer or blood
pressure monitor
1 per group
If a sphygmomanometer is
used a stethoscope will also
be required.
AB2.5.4
1 set per pair or group
1 bottle
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Notes
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AB2.12.1
Sodium hydroxide solution, 0.1
mol/dm3
Dilute copper sulfate solution
Benedict’s reagent
Solutions representing liquids
taken from renal artery, renal
vein and ureter, containing
glucose, albumin protein, and
yellow dye (cold tea) as
appropriate.
1 small bottle per group
1 small bottle per group
1 small bottle per group
10 cm3 of each of the 3
solutions per group
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Technicians’ advance planning sheet
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Module B3: Life on Earth
This table shows items which may need to be ordered or prepared in advance for this module. It does not
list standard items, for example, test tubes, beakers, thermometers etc.
Full details of the resources needed for each activity are given in the Requirements section of the Teacher
& Technician notes published by OUP, which also include safety information for the activity.
Activity
Item(s)
Quantity
Notes
IB3.1.4
Laminated copies of the
presentation slides
1 set per group
If students are to group the
organisms themselves
AB3.2.1
2 litre plastic bottles
PTFE tape
Materials for habitats in units
Elodea (free of dirt and
filamentous algae)
hydrogen carbonate indicator
solution
Established aquarium
containing fish
Fish food
Fresh gravel
2 per group
1 roll per group
See activity sheet
This may be set up as a
demonstration.
AB3.4.1
AB3.5.1
Tetra test kit for ammonia
(NH3)
Tetra test kit for nitrate (NO3)
A sample of roots of a healthy
legume plant showing root
nodules
Ammonium- and nitrate-testing
kits
AB3.5.2
AB3.5.3
Kick sampling net
Hand lens
Sample tray
Compass
Quadrat (optional)
Line transect (optional)
2 pieces about 5 cm long
per group
1 small bottle per group
1
1 tin
Enough to cover the base
of the aquarium about 5
cm deep
1
1
1 piece per student
1 per student
1 per group
1 per group
2 per group
1
1
1
1 per student
AB3.7.3
Bingo cards
Red, yellow, and green cards
AB3.11.3
Domino cards
1 set per student
1 of each per student
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Or pre-collected samples from
stream/rivers.
Plastic gloves should be used
with potentially polluted water
(especially if the water may be
contaminated with rat urine –
leading to Weil’s disease).
Symbol cards may be more
appropriate if any of your
students are colour-blind, for
example  ? 
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