Saturday, September 28, 2024

Biology on a Budget: Bean Labs

 I use split peas, white beans, and a mix of soup beans for several labs.  They are great as inexpensive tools.  Let me share a few ideas.

1.  Use split peas to Extract DNA.  

2.  Mark-Recapture uses white beans to demonstrate how to estimate populations.  (I have a box of dinosaurs I use for Mark-Recapture labs, too.)

3. How about using this Bean Lab to learn about genetics?

4. Here is a classic: Sprout Beans!

5. Here is a simple biodiversity lab with beans.  

6.  Try Bean Quadrat Sampling.

7. Measure Beans is useful to introduce measuring.

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