1. GENERAL INFORMATION (Core Sciense Courses)
A. INTRODUCTION: All Core Science Classes have 4 laboratories into their
courses. For the Life Science courses these laboratories consist of four
“experimental” labs, for the Physical Science laboratories consist of three
“experimental” and one additional “field” lab.
B. Purpose: The students should be encouraged to “critically think” during
the laboratories. Questions should be asked to the students to determine if
the experiment was understood. Full report should be written due the week
following the lab.
C. ROOM 826: All Core courses will always use the room 826 when they are
scheduled for their laboratory.
All laboratory materials will be found in this room.
Please consider the following:
Safety precautions should always be followed. There are gloves and
safety glasses for the students to use.
NO Smoking, Eating or Drinking should be allowed during
the laboratory time.
SCHEDULE: The first lab is planned to be held during the third or fourth week of this
semester. Each subsequent lab will be given in two to four week intervals. Each
professor should refer to his/her course schedule to determine what day and time
the labs are assigned. Professors, whose class meets once a week for three hours,
should allow approximately 1 ½ hour during class time for the laboratory
Please note that as more sections are added, the ability to set up multiple labs or to reschedule a
particular lab at another time has and will become more difficult to accommodate. Please adjust
your class syllabus to the day your lab has been scheduled.

2. LABORATORY EXERCISES:
(A full description and instructions for each of the listed labs will follow).
For Life Science Courses ( Human Function and Dysfunction and People and the Living
Environment)
1) Food analysis.
Identification of macromolecules: Sugar, Starch, Protein, Oil, Vitamin C.
2) DNA fingerprinting
Separation of DNA fragments using gel electrophoresis.
3) Human vision
4) Evolution lab or Field trip (e.g. Museum of Natural History)
For Physical Science Courses (Physical Science: Past/Present; Physical Science: Today’s
World and Health & Disease I)
1) Optics: Dispersion, Color Observation, and Emission of Light
2) Thermodynamics: Calorimetry
3) Identification of Organic Molecules (including food molecules) or Electrochemistry
(generation of an electrical current in electrochemical cells)
4) Field Trip (e.g. Museum of Natural History)