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*Selection of Experiments*
Experiments for
adaptation will be selected from two existing collections of laboratory
experiments.
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A Source Book of Practical Experiments in Physiology Requiring
Minimal Equipment: This collection of about 65 experiments was
written in the 1970's and revised by the IUPS Commission on Teaching
Physiology in 1990; and
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Laboratory Experiments in Physiology: This collection of
50 experiments was developed in the late 1950s and revised by the APS
Education Committee in 1967. Initially designed for undergraduates,
these experiments represent a more quantitative nature of physiology
teaching as used in previous years.
The
Co-Investigators have tentatively established four criteria to determine
which experiments from the two existing collections will be included in
the 21st Century Project. The activity must be:
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simple and easy to do
(i.e., does not require great technical skills or sophisticated
equipment; does not require a great deal of preparation time),
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inexpensive (i.e., minimal materials, supplies, and
equipment is required),
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educationally valuable
(i.e., must help students understand difficult and important concepts,
and/or help student correct serious misconceptions), and
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scientifically sound
(i.e., the procedures must be able to demonstrate or obtain the
physiological data claimed).
Members of the core group will evaluate each exercise under consideration
prior to the IUPS teaching workshop scheduled for April, 2005. The scores
will be tabulated for discussion at the workshop. We will exclude all
experiments using non-human mammals (unless a different animal model can
be substituted) and will critically examine experiments using other
animals and human subjects for safety and appropriateness. Any experiment
that upon peer review for scientific accuracy is deemed problematic will
also be dropped. At the workshop we will prioritize the activities to
determine which are developed first.
You can discuss these activities
at the 21st Century Physiology Discussion
Bulletin Board. (Click
here and select the 21st Century forum).
Experiments
Are Available for Review
from both the APS Lab Book and IUPS Lab Book
From APS'
Laboratory Experiments in Physiology:
(Note: Click on item number to open as PDF file. If you do not have
Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), go to
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html to download a free
copy.)
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Crayfish Gastric Amylases (2A)
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Studies in Luminescence (2B)
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Diffusion Potentials (3A)
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Potentials Across Multiple Cell Layers (3C)
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Mammalian Erythrocyte Permeability (4A)
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Membrane Adenosinetriphosphatase (4B)
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Excretion in Fish Kidney Tubules (4E)
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Experiments on Osmoregulation (4F)
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Sodium and Magnesium Excretion in Crabs (4G)
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Measurement of the Rate of Oxygen Consumption in Yeast (5A)
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Oxygen Consumption in Small Aquatic Animals (Micro Winkler) (5D)
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The Oxygen Consumption of Small Animals in the Air (5E)
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Endocrine Control of Growth in Insects - Puparium Formation in Diptera
(7A)
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Control of Chromatophores in the Fiddler Crab, Uca sp. (7B)
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Electrical Phenomena in Excitable Tissue (App D)
From IUPS
Laboratory Experiments Book:
Click
here to access the IUPS Laboratory activities...
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