PRACTICAL

OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

• Design and conduct experiments, using a broad variety of experimental techniques, and interpret the data obtained to draw conclusions about whether the results do or do not support a hypothesis being tested and whether the experimental design was appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with other students and with faculty, understanding that most scientific knowledge/conclusions draw(s) on multiple sources of data and multiple experimental approaches.
• Learn “best approaches” for conducting experiments including laboratory safety, data replication and quality control, record keeping, and other aspects of “responsible conduct of research”.
• Gain familiarity with an area of science such that the students can present their work to a professional audience and also discuss their work with a general audience.
• Develop problem solving skills and analytical thinking skills.

Animal Diversity I

Study of museum specimens and slides:

• Protozoa :Paramecium(WM), Binary fission, Conjugation, Entamoeba, Trypanosoma, Plasmodium, Monocystis, Opalina, Vorticella, Balantidium, Nyctotherus, Euglena

• Porifera: Sycon L.S & T.S, Sponge spicules, Sponginfibres

Leucosolenia, Euplectella, Spongilla.

• Coelentrata: Hydra, Obelia(polyp), Aurelia, Sea anemone, Gorgonia, Physalia, Vellela, Alcyonium, Millepora, Pennatula

• Platyhelminthes: Planaria, Fasciola,Taenia-- Scolex, Gravid proglottid

• Aschelminthes:Ascaris(Male & Female), Dracunculus

Cell Biology

Principle & working of

• Dissecting microscope
• Compound microscope   

Fixation and staining

• Fixatives:- Carnoys, Bouins, formalin
• Stains:- Acetocarmine, Acetorcein, Eosin,        Haematoxylin
• Double & Single staining
• Staining of Euglena,Hydra,Obelia,Foraminiferous shell,Sponge spicules,Sponge gemmules,Sponginfibres

                 Principle & working of Centrifuge (Only Demonstration)

                 Mitosis- Onion root tip (Temporary slide Preparation)

                 Meiosis-Study of Permanent slides