I am an ecologist and we have just recently changed our general biology class such that I am now teaching the cellular molecular stuff which is new to me. I have relied on past expeiments that other faculty members have done and this was one. I found the lab boring and just veification of what we already know.
Iodine turns starch blue.
I have really tried to steer away from what I call verification labs and try to test hypotheses by designing real experiments for which I truly do not know the results. I have been quite successful at this for ecologically oriented labs, but now I have to do this for all levels of biological inquiry. Forgive me if I offend anyone but most of the standard lab manuals I have looked at are not worth much. Any suggestions for good labs on the cellular molecular level would be most appreciated. My general botany students seem to enjoy it.