Available Materials
The following is a list of materials available for your use during the experimental part of your research project. See your science teacher for information about how to gain access to these supplies.
General Supplies
Glassware
Test tubes
Beakers (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 mL)
Graduated Cylinders
Flasks
Erlenmeyer flasks
Filtering flasks
Volumeteric Flasks
Dropper bottles
Jars (variety of sizes)
Culture tubes with screw cap
Thermometers
Stirring rods
Lab Equipment
Hot plates
Stirring plates with magnetic stirring bars
Spectrophotometer
Digital Scale
Triple beam balance
Probeware
Temperature
Dissolved Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Motion sensor
Misc.
Lab aprons/coats
Dissecting gloves
Dissection tools
Water bottles/sprayers
Rubber stops/corks
Spatula/ scoops
Rubber tubing
Supplies for Microbiology Projects
Can be borrowed from school:
Petri dishes
Bunson burner/ flint striker
Innoculating needle
Innoculating loop
Micropipet and disposable tips (0.1 – 1000 microliters)
Glass bacti-sreader
Metal bacti-spreader
Incubator
Hot water bath
Can be purchased by student from www.wardsci.com
Nutrient Agar (~50 dollars for 6 bottles- makes about 45 plates)
E. Coli tube (~6 dollars per tube- multiple students can share culture tube)
Test tubes
Beakers (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 mL)
Graduated Cylinders
Flasks
Erlenmeyer flasks
Filtering flasks
Volumeteric Flasks
Dropper bottles
Jars (variety of sizes)
Culture tubes with screw cap
Thermometers
Stirring rods
Lab Equipment
Hot plates
Stirring plates with magnetic stirring bars
Spectrophotometer
Digital Scale
Triple beam balance
Probeware
Temperature
Dissolved Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Motion sensor
Misc.
Lab aprons/coats
Dissecting gloves
Dissection tools
Water bottles/sprayers
Rubber stops/corks
Spatula/ scoops
Rubber tubing
Supplies for Microbiology Projects
Can be borrowed from school:
Petri dishes
Bunson burner/ flint striker
Innoculating needle
Innoculating loop
Micropipet and disposable tips (0.1 – 1000 microliters)
Glass bacti-sreader
Metal bacti-spreader
Incubator
Hot water bath
Can be purchased by student from www.wardsci.com
Nutrient Agar (~50 dollars for 6 bottles- makes about 45 plates)
E. Coli tube (~6 dollars per tube- multiple students can share culture tube)