Biology for AP Courses Lab Manual by OpenStax (Student Edition Lab Manual)

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LAB MANUAL SUMMARY: This is the OpenStax lab manual for Advanced Placement biology classes, introducing some very detailed biology concepts. This lab manual aims to help you better understand these concepts through hands-on experiences in the laboratory. In addition, it will challenge you to critically think about biology concepts, scientific methods, and experimental design as part of its inquiry-based framework. In this AP lab manual, the inquiry-based structure includes the following components: 1. Pre-assessment section, 2. Structured Inquiry, and 3. Guided Inquiry. Using this lab manual you will analyze your own data and make conclusions based on your experimental evidence. If time allows, you will then refine and re-run your experiments or test additional hypotheses that you find interesting. In many ways, the guided inquiry step is meant to engage you in the same processes that scientists have used to discover information about our world and universe!

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