Description:

Salient Features of the Books:

• A list of commonly used Experiment Tools in Biology laboratory
• A section on Laboratory Ethics given in the beginning includes a set of guidelines to remind students on how to conduct while working in the laboratory
• Experiments given in a systematic way
• Procedure aided with neat and labelled diagrams, wherever necessary
• Questions to prepare for Viva Voce given at the end of each experiment

Contents:

Section A: Plant Life

Experiment 1: To examine an onion peel under the microscope to study various parts of a plant cell

Experiment 2: To study cross-pollinated flower and identify its various parts (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Experiment 3: To study the structure of germinating seeds of bean and maize

Section B: Animal Life

Experiment 4: To examine human cheek cells under the microscope to study various components of the cells

Experiment 5: To test the presence of carbohydrates (starch and glucose), protein and fats in the given food samples

Experiment 6: To examine and identify specimens belonging to different groups of animals

Experiment 7: To study different types of movable joints in human beings

Experiment 8: To study the structure of human lungs

Experiment 9: To study the structure of skin

Experiment 10: To demonstrate the mechanism of breathing

Experiment 11: To study the types of wastes produced in fish and vegetable markets, and the methods of their disposal

Experiment 12: To prepare a report on a visit to a brick kiln

Experiment 13: To visit a sewage treatment plant and study its working

About the Author:

Neha Sharma is a gold medalist in M.Tech. from Guru Gobind Singh lndraprastha University.  She did her M.Sc. in Physics from University of Delhi and has worked as an Assistant Professor in Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida for more than seven years. Presently she is working as PGT Physics in a reputed school in Delhi.

Target Audience:

ICSE students of class 9.