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.