FLINN
Your Safer Source for Science
PAVO
All-In-One Science Solution
Your Safer Source for Science
Address P.O. Box 219 Batavia, IL 60510
Phone 800-452-1261
Fax
Email [email protected]

FlinnPREP™ Inquiry Labs for AP® Biology: Sordaria Genetics

By: The Flinn Staff

Sordaria Genetics Advanced Inquiry Lab Kit for AP* Biology
Sordaria Genetics Advanced Inquiry Lab Kit for AP* Biology
Item #: FB2001 

Price: $92.92

Temporarily out of stock; call for availability.

In the Sordaria Genetics Advanced Inquiry Lab Solution for AP® Biology, students prepare cross plates and cross wild-type and mutant strains of Sordaria fimicola, while observing the life cycle of a member of the fungal kingdom.

Includes access to exclusive FlinnPREP™ digital content to combine the benefits of classroom, laboratory and digital learning. Each blended learning lab solution includes prelab videos about concepts, techniques and procedures, summary videos that relate the experiment to the AP® exam, and standards-based, tested inquiry labs with real sample data. FlinnPREP™ Inquiry Lab Solutions are adaptable to you and how you teach with multiple ways to access and run your AP® labs.

See more product details

Options:

This item can only be shipped to schools, museums and science centers

Resources

Other Options

Item# EL7011 FB2001
Type Digital Content Only Lab Kit & Digital Content
Price $14.95 $92.92
Enter number of items

Product Details

Big Idea 3, Investigation 7

Students prepare cross plates and cross wild-type and mutant strains of Sordaria fimicola in this advanced genetics laboratory. Daily observation of the growing culture provides an opportunity to observe the life cycle of a member of the fungal kingdom. During meiosis, crossing over occurs in some of the asci. By counting the number of crossed ascospores versus uncrossed ascospores, it is possible to determine the distance between the gene for spore color and the centromere of the chromosome of interest. Students collect, prepare, count and calculate from their own cross plates.

Complete for 30 students working in pairs. S. fimicola wild-type and tan mutant strains are available available separately. An autoclave, stereoscopes, light microscopes and Bunsen burners are required.

Specifications

Materials Included in Kit: 
Cornmeal glucose yeast agar, 20 g
Glycerin solution, 50%, 50 mL
Lysol®, concentrate, 250 mL
Cover slips, glass #1, 22 x 22 mm
Culture (petri) dish 90 x 15 mm, 20
Microscope slides, glass, pkg/72
Pipet, Beral-type, graduated, 15

Additional Materials Required: Autoclave or pressure cooker, paper towels, Bunsen burners, Parafilm™, compound light microscopes, pencils with eraser, dissecting needles, permanent markers, 1-L Erlenmeyer flask, safety lighters, foam plug to fit Erlenmeyer flask, spray bottles or wash bottles, glass stirring rod, stereoscopes, heat-resistant gloves, stir bar, incubator (shared), stirring hot plate, inoculating loops, distilled or deionized water, lens paper.


AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, these products.


Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)†

Science & Engineering Practices

Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits
MS-LS3.B: Variation of Traits
HS-LS1.A: Structure and Function
HS-LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Scale, proportion, and quantity
Systems and system models
Structure and function
Stability and change

Performance Expectations

HS-LS3-1. Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
HS-LS3-2. Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.
HS-LS3-3. Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.