Preface

The Creation of This Book

This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education.

This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in MoodleNet and Canvas Commons that aligns with the lecture textbook and that can be imported to other Learning Management System platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana.

If you are adopting this textbook, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey.

Adaptation Statement

“Lab Manual for Biology Part I” has been revised and remixed for the LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and  Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education  by Stephanie Aamodt, Jennifer Blanchard, Ruby Broadway, Hope Clay, Christian Clement, Waneene Dorsey, Sarah Hunter, Illya Tietzel, and Peter Yaukey, with editors Emily Frank, Elizabeth Joan Kelly, and Maletta Payne. This work retains the original Creative Commons license set forth at the chapter level by the original authors, unless otherwise noted in the text.

This book is an adaptation of multiple sources:

• The OpenStax College Biology for AP Courses Lab Manual Student Version. This text is licensed as CC BY 4.0.
• The OpenLab at City Tech’s NYCCT General Biology 1 Lab. This text is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
• Foundations of Biology Lab Manual (Georgia Highlands College) by Jacqueline Belwood, Brandy Rogers, Jason Christian. This text is licensed as CC BY 4.0.

We would like to wholeheartedly thank these authors for their tremendous work in this area of open educational resources.

The following changes were made to this book as a whole:

• Some chapters were removed and all chapter numbers were updated to make this a concise resource to align with Biology I Lecture and Lab for Science Majors.
• Minor text edits for grammar, punctuation, and clarification were made throughout.
• Minor edits involving fonts, spacing, and other formatting
• Added Key Terms sections.

The following chapter sections were updated to address specific topics:

• Lab 1 Lab Safety, Scientific Method, and Measurements: adapted from OpenStax Lab 1  Lab Safety, Scientific Method, and Measurements. Separated Lab Safety into standalone lab (Hope Clay)
• Lab 2 Introduction to Microscopy: merged OpenStax Lab 2: Introduction to Microscopy with OpenLab Microscope: Basics; Scientific Method; Reporting in Science (Waneene Dorsey)
• Lab 3 Macromolecules in Common Food: adapted from OpenStax Lab 3: Macromolecules in Common Food (Peter Yaukey)
• Lab 4 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells: adapted from OpenStax Lab 4: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells (Sarah Hunter)
• Lab 5 Subcellular Structures: adapted from OpenStax Lab 5: Subcellular Structures
• Lab 6 Diffusion and Osmosis: adapted from OpenStax Lab 6: Diffusion and Osmosis with OpenLab Week 7: Membranes and Biological Transport: Diffusion and Osmosis (Waneene Dorsey)
• Lab 7 Factors Affecting the Enzymatic Activity of Lactase: adapted from OpenStax Lab 7: Affecting the Enzymatic Activity of Lactase (Ruby Broadway)
• Lab 8 Cellular Respiration: adapted from OpenStax Lab 8: Cellular Respiration (Stephanie Aamodt)
• Lab 9 Fermentation in Yeast: adapted from OpenStax Lab 9: Fermentation in Yeast (Jennifer Blanchard)
• Lab 10 Plant Pigments: merged OpenStax Lab 10: Plant Pigments with OpenLab Week 2: Chromatography
• Lab 11 The Light Reaction of Photosynthesis: adapted from Openstax Lab 11: The Light Reaction of Photosynthesis
• Lab 12 Mitosis and Meiosis: merged Openstax Lab 13: Mitosis and Meiosis with OpenLab Week 11: Cell Division (Christian Clement)
• Lab 13 Mendelian Genetics: merged OpenStax Lab 14: Mendelian Genetics with OpenLab Week 12: Genetics (Illya Tietzel)
• Lab 14 Plant Transpiration: adapted from OpenStax Lab 19: Plant Transpiration
• Lab 15 Strawberry DNA: adapted from Foundations of Biology Lab Manual LAB ACTIVITY: DNA EXTRACTION FROM STRAWBERRIES (Ruby Broadway)

Review Statement

This textbook and its accompanying course materials went through at least two review processes:

• Peer reviewers, coordinated by Jared Eusea, River Parish Community College, used an online course development standard rubric for assessing the quality and content of each course to ensure that the courses developed through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment support online learners in that environment. The evaluation framework reflects a commitment to accessibility and usability for all learners.
  • Reviewers
    • Andrea Leonard
    • Francesca Mellieon-Williams
    • Esperanza Zenon
    • Iris Henry
• The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) collaborated with LOUIS to review course materials and ensure their appropriateness for dual enrollment audiences.  Review criteria were drawn from factors that apply across dual enrollment courses and subject areas, such as determining appropriate reading levels, assessing the fit of topics and examples for high school DE students; applying high-level principles for quality curriculum design, including designing for accessibility, appropriate student knowledge checks, and effective scaffolding of student tasks and prior knowledge requirements, addressing adaptability and open educational practices, and principles related to inclusion and representational social justice.
  • Reviewers
    • Jennifer Simon
    • Latoya T Paul
    • Emily Jackson-Osagie