ASIM Labs - HHMI Grant
The following ASIM labs use equipment provided by the HHMI Grant:
New Labs
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Science
Physics
Water Quality
* Indicates the labs on which ASIM teachers have been trained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to The University of Alabama Biology Department.
New Labs
- Are You What You Eat
- How Sweet It Is
- Enough Is Enough
- My Plate
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Prokaryotes Among Us
- Tools Of The Trade
- Energy Through Ecosystems
- Microscopic Measurements
- We Got The Beet
- Understanding Beer’s Law
- Fungi & Enzymes
Biology
- Cell Respiration
- Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity
- Transpiration
- *Heart Rate / EKG Monitoring
- Diffusion through Membranes
- Acids and Bases
- Oxygen and Human Respiration
- *Heart Rate and Physical Fitness
- Conduction Solutions
- *Simultaneous Demonstration of Aerobic Respiration and Photosynthesis
- *WEBQUEST – How Do Muscles Work? A Journey through Time
Chemistry
- Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
- Freezing and Melting of Water
- Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
- Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess’s Law
- *Boyle’s Law: Pressure-Volume Relationships in Gases
- Acid Rain
- Acid-Base Titration
- Conductivity of Solutions: Electrolytes and Non-Electrolytes
- Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer’s Law
Earth Science
- Soil Temperature
- Soil and Acid Rain
- Dew Point
- Reflection and Absorption of Light
- Seasons and Angle of Insolation
- Exploring Magnetism
- Where is North?
- Are all Sunglasses Created Equal?
- Comparing Sunscreens
Physics
- Sound Waves and Beats
- Newton’s Second Law
- Static and Kinetic Friction
- Capacitors
- Graph Matching
- Ball Toss
- Air Resistance
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- The Magnetic Field of a Permanent Magnet
- *The Atomic Spectrum of Mercury
- *Photosynthesis and The Photoelectric Effect
- *Energy Sources for Muscular Contraction: A Physics Exercise
Water Quality
- Temperature
- pH
- Total Dissolved Oxygen
- Turbidity
* Indicates the labs on which ASIM teachers have been trained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to The University of Alabama Biology Department.
