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.

Physiology and Endocrinology

• Dissection to expose the endocrine glands of mice(Demonstration)
• Study of Estrous cycle of mice by vaginal smear preparation
• Histology of Tissues of Mammals: T.S of –Liver, intestine, stomach, testis, ovary, lung, kidney, pancreas, skin, adrenal, thyroid
• Haematology

• Estimation of Haemoglobin in the blood sample
• Estimation of Haematocrit in the blood sample
• Counting of Red & White blood  cells in blood sample
• To study the Bleeding Time & Clotting time of blood
• Determination of Blood Pressure.

Developmental Biology

• Live gametes under microscope (Sperm motility, Sperm structure, Sperm count & their staining techniques)
• Developmental stages of Frog
• Metamorphic stage of Frog
• Chick embryos( 18-21 hours, 24-28 hours, 30-36 hours, 42-48 hours, 72 &96 hours)
• Window preparation in egg of Hen
• Whole mount of Chick embryo stage(Demonstration)

Applied  Biology

• Mouth parts of ant and mosquito (male and female)
• Colony organization and life cycle of termite
• Identification ofthe parasites:Wuchereria (Male/ female), Drancunculus, Taenia, Schistosoma.