Probe-based Biology

Probe-based Biology

Order TSE8200
US $79

Author: Adam DiGiacomo, M.A.
Edited by Bob Stegner

Probe-based Biology is an exploration tool for both you and your students into the wonderful and often hidden world of the biological sciences. Includes both student and teacher sections with sample data and calculations. 20 activities. Grade Levels: 9-12, College.

Table of Contents:

  • Automobile Exhaust and the Environment
  • Blood pH and Respiration
  • Chlorine Levels in Tap and Bottled Water
  • Chlorophyll Absorption Spectrum
  • Diffusion
  • Dissolved Oxygen in Lakes and Streams
  • Estuary Salinity
  • Exercise and Lactic Acid
  • Fermentation
  • Food Calorimetry
  • Gravity and Heart Rate
  • Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
  • Heart Rate and Sleep
  • How Do We Distinguish Colors?
  • Light Intensity and Pupil Diameter
  • Osmosis
  • Photosynthesis
  • Salivary Amylase and Digestion
  • Snow Making Bacteria
  • Vasodilation and Vasoconstriction

Sample experiment: Vasodilation and Vasoconstriction

Using Team Labs extremely sensitive Standard Temperature Probe, students can monitor finger temperature as blood vessels constrict and dilate to control interior body temperature.


View PDF of experiment (494 KB)


Standard Temperature Probe (Order TSP7530)


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