A Series of Laboratory Exercises for Use in Undergraduate Studies

Abstract

This paper focuses on developing appropriate laboratory exercises to support learning for undergraduate students in advanced biology courses. The researcher created a series of lab exercises: isolation of rat liver mitochondria, restriction enzymes laboratory, ultraviolet repair system laboratory, bacterial transformation, and hybridoma module. Each lab exercise includes a description of the educational goals/rationale, the factors considered in lab design, background information on the task, a detailed description of the sub-tasks, and detailed methods.