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Super Dissolved Oxygen Lab Tips for Teachers

Dissolved Oxygen Lab Tips for Teachers and Student Teachers
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  1. Use LaMotte test kits and extra BOD bottles instead of lab protocol.
  2. Once samples are fixed, they can be stored in refrigerator for titration later.
  3. Expand study to include natural water bodies (lakes, ponds, etc.). Have students

  1. Cover control tubes with black tape instead of using cloth.
  2. Purchase screens from building supply store.
  3. Grow brine shrimp ahead of time so that all individuals are of uniform age.
  4. Use zip lock bags to

  1. Insist on silence during lab so accurate measurements can be made.
  2. Borrow equipment from hospitals or doctors offices.
  3. Ask for donations of old equipment.
  4. Set up several different temperature baths (ahead of time) and have

  1. Use house plant if bush beans are not available.
  2. Cut plant stems and insert stem into tubing while stem is submerged in a pan of water. This prevents air gaps from forming in xylem vessels.
  3. Buy disposable

  • Invite other students to the lab in order to increase population size.
  • Your student population is a great test population to examine in biology science fair projects.