blackworm lab set up
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Control of Homeostasis &
Heart RateAlso known as “The Blackworm Lab”
Ilana SaxeThe Lawrenceville School
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Each lab station will have:
Depressionslides
counter
Cover slips
Lens paper
The scalpel is for cutting the end of the transfer pipette (you can also use scissors), remember to use a cover slip to trim the ends
of the worm.
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Chemicals: You will test one chemical, three times and share your data with
the class.
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Blackworm Holding Tanks
Trim the end of the transfer pipette to make it wider. This will make it easier to transfer the worms into the
60mm petri dish
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Blackworms in a 60 mm petri dish
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Once you have placed a blackworm on a flat slide,
removed the head and tail, and then placed it back on a depression
slide, under the microscope, you should
see this…
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Segment of a Blackworm under the microscope
When you count the pulse chose one segment and count the number of times a wave passes through that specific point. For example, you might choose to focus here: