Classroom Activity on Buffering Related to Respiration for High School and Introductory College Courses in Biological Sciences

Experience a rapid hands-on chemical buffering activity that can be implemented within a lecture room or laboratory environment and related to health as well as systems physiology.


Kim Zeidler-Watters, Susan Mayo, Sally A. Shafer,
Robin L. Cooper, Diane H. Johnson

Partnership Inst. for Math and Science, University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY

PPT files:

For teaching in a class with hands on activity. PPT-class

MS word & PDF file on method


Associated files:

CO2 methods for animals: flies, general

CO2 with fruit flies:

MOVIES (right click and download to your computer and then open to view)

- larvae before CO2, after CO2 , Heart with CO2 ,

stimulate heart and add CO2; make CO2 container

JOVE article with heart rate in fruit flies and CO2 effect

Paper on CO2 and Drosophila behavior [PDF]

CO2 with crayfish:

MOVIE- Experiment for high school students. Effects CO2-pH on crayfish Heart Rate: Movie (45mB) (might download to computer 1st then view it)

JOVE article on how to record HR in crayfish

Papers on CO2 and crayfish behavior [PDF-1] and [PDF-2]


JOKES: Al Gore and CO2

 

 

 

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Support for project :
Kentucky Department of Education. MUSE - modeling for understanding in science and engineering. Kentucky’s Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) 2013-2014. Kentucky Department of Education PI. is Kimberly Zeidler-Watters, Partnership Inst. for Math and Science. University of Kentucky, lexington KY