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Today you will complete the final counts of your ''Tribolium'' populations. Your samples have been placed in the freezer for at least 48 hours prior to the lab. You can isolate the beetles/pupae by sifting some of the culture through the screen over the brown paper on your bench. Try to keep all the flour away from the computers. As you isolate the beetles, put them in a labeled petri dish. There are tools available on your lab bench to help with the counting. | Today you will complete the final counts of your ''Tribolium'' populations. Your samples have been placed in the freezer for at least 48 hours prior to the lab. You can isolate the beetles/pupae by sifting some of the culture through the screen over the brown paper on your bench. Try to keep all the flour away from the computers. As you isolate the beetles, put them in a labeled petri dish. There are tools available on your lab bench to help with the counting. | ||
• Enter your data on the spreadsheet | • Enter your data on the class spreadsheet. | ||
• Refer to your lab instructor for information about the oral presentations next week. <U>Sign up for a topic before leaving lab today.</U> | • Refer to your lab instructor for information about the oral presentations next week. <U>Sign up for a topic before leaving lab today.</U> |
Revision as of 17:26, 2 June 2011
Objectives
- To finish the Tribolium experiment by conducting final counts and start processing data
- To explore computer simulation programs that model population growth and interactions
Lab 11 Overview
I. Completing the Triboliumn population growth experiment
II. Modeling beetle population changes using Excel
III. Building beetle population models in Stella
IV. Assignment
Completing the Tribolium population growth experiment
Today you will complete the final counts of your Tribolium populations. Your samples have been placed in the freezer for at least 48 hours prior to the lab. You can isolate the beetles/pupae by sifting some of the culture through the screen over the brown paper on your bench. Try to keep all the flour away from the computers. As you isolate the beetles, put them in a labeled petri dish. There are tools available on your lab bench to help with the counting.
• Enter your data on the class spreadsheet.
• Refer to your lab instructor for information about the oral presentations next week. Sign up for a topic before leaving lab today.