Course Title: Conduct simple activities in a biological science laboratory
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C3209 Certificate III in Science
Course Title: Conduct simple activities in a biological science laboratory
Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 10
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BIOL5098 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
155T Vocational Health and Sciences |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term2 2010, Term1 2011, Term1 2013 |
Course Contact: Nevil Schultz
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4221
Course Contact Email: nevil.schultz@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit covers the skills required to conduct simple activities in a biological science laboratory. It involves performing basic microscopy tasks, including specimen preparation, staining and scientific sketching.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
This course will be run in conjunction with Cell Biology BIOL 5099
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VPAU075 Conduct simple activities in a biological science laboratory |
Elements: |
Operate monocular and stereo microscopes Prepare and stain plant and animal tissue specimens for microscopic examination Produce scientific diagrams of slide specimens |
Learning Outcomes
Overview of Assessment
This course is competency based and students will be assessed as competent in the above learning outcomes with:
verbal & written questions on microscope terms, correct handling & use
• practical demonstration by the student of wet mount & squash preparations of plant material
• practical demonstration by the student of microscope techniques
• research assignment on cell images
• a laboratory report
Students must be assessed as competent in all assessment tasks to receive a COMPETENT result (A pass) in this course.