<p class='jove_content'>This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (RO1 AA014925 awarded to Dr. Patricia H. Janak at University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA), Fonds de recherche du Quebec &#8211; Sant&#233; (NC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NC, 387224-2010). The open-access publication of this article was made possible by sponsorship from Med Associates Inc. </p>

<p class="jove_content">All procedures are approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committee at Concordia University and concur with recommendations from the Canadian Council on Animal Care.</p>
<p class="jove_title">1. Animals</p>
<ol>
	<li>Obtain male Long-Evans rats (220 &#8211; 240 g on arrival).</li>
	<li>Maintain rats in a temperature (21 &#176;C) and humidity (44%) controlled animal care facility, on a 12 hr light-dark cycle with lights on at 7:00 am.</li>
	<li>Pair-house rats upon arrival. After 3 days, house rats individually in plastic shoebox cages with beta-chip bedding, a nylon bone, and free access to standard rat chow and water. Use cage lids that have double grommets to allow for the subsequent placement of a second bottle, in addition to the water bottle. NOTE: Rats may be individually housed as soon as they arrive in the animal care facility.</li>
	<li>Begin to handle rats daily. NOTE: As a guide, one week of handling is usually sufficient to acclimate them to being picked up and handled by the experimenter.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">2. Intermittent Ethanol Access in the Home Cage</p>
<p class="jove_content">NOTE: Conduct intermittent ethanol access in the home cage to ensure that rats will drink physiologically relevant quantities of ethanol before the behavioral training phase of the experiment begins <sup>17-19</sup>. Initiate this procedure during the light phase, although it could be initiated at any time during the light or dark cycle.</p>
<ol>
	<li>Prepare two bottles for each rat.
	<ol>
		<li>Use a 100 ml plastic graduated cylinder as the ethanol bottle and a 473 ml standard plastic water bottle. Use a relatively small capacity ethanol bottle, filled almost to maximum volume capacity, to minimize loss of ethanol due to leakage and evaporation.</li>
		<li>Fill one bottle with 15% ethanol, made by diluting 95% ethanol in tap water. NOTE: Other ethanol concentrations, such as 10% or 20%, may be used in place of 15% ethanol.</li>
		<li>Fill the second bottle with tap water.</li>
		<li>Insert a rubber stopper, with a sipper tube that contains a ball bearing to minimize leakage, into each bottle.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Set up two control cages, treated identically to the home cages with the exception that the control cages do not contain rats or bedding.
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare ethanol and water bottles for the control cages as specified in steps 2.1.1 &#8211; 2.1.4.</li>
		<li>Use the measures obtained from the control cages to control for spillage and/or evaporation that may occur over the course of the ethanol access session (as described in steps 2.8.1 &#8211; 2.8.2).</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Weigh all the ethanol and water bottles. Record all weights.</li>
	<li>Weigh all the rats. Record all weights.</li>
	<li>Place the ethanol bottle and the water bottle on each home cage and control cage at the same time. Leave both bottles on the cages for 24 hr.</li>
	<li>At the end of the 24 hr period, remove both bottles from the cages at the same time.</li>
	<li>Weigh all the ethanol and water bottles. Record all weights.</li>
	<li>To determine how much ethanol and water was consumed during the 24 hr period, subtract the weight of each bottle when it was removed from the home cage from the weight of the bottle when it was placed on the home cage 24 hr earlier for each rat.
	<ol>
		<li>Do the same for the two control cages, and then calculate the average amount of spillage for each fluid.</li>
		<li>Subtract the average amount of ethanol and water spillage, respectively, from the corresponding ethanol and water consumption measures for each rat.</li>
		<li>Use these spillage controlled difference measures to calculate ethanol consumption in g/kg, consumption of water, and ethanol preference.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>To calculate ethanol consumption (g/kg), first convert the weight (g) of ethanol solution consumed into volume (ml) based on the density of the total solution (ethanol + water components), according to the formula Volume (ml) = Weight (g)/Density (g/ml). NOTE: The density of the solution will vary as a function of ethanol concentration.
	<ol>
		<li>Next, multiply the volume (ml) of ethanol solution consumed by the density (g/ml) of ethanol scaled for the specific percentage solution used, to yield the weight (g) of ethanol consumed.</li>
		<li>Divide the weight (g) of ethanol consumed by the rat weight (kg) to obtain the g/kg measure of ethanol consumption.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>To calculate ethanol preference, express ethanol intake (ml) as a percentage of total fluid (ethanol + water, ml) intake.</li>
	<li>Return the water bottle only back to the rat&#8217;s home cage. For the next 24 hr, give the rats access to water but not ethanol. Instead of an ethanol bottle, place a pre-weighed second water bottle on the home cage.</li>
	<li>At the end of the 24 hr period, remove both water bottles from the cage at the same time.</li>
	<li>Weigh both sets of water bottles. Record all weights.</li>
	<li>Subtract the weight of each bottle when it was removed from the home cage from the weight of the bottle when it was placed on the home cage 24 hr earlier, subtracting out the average spillage measure obtained from control cages as described in steps 2.8.1 &#8211; 2.8.2.</li>
	<li>Use these spillage-controlled difference measures to calculate consumption of water.</li>
	<li>Begin the cycle again by providing both ethanol and water bottles to rats, as described in steps 2.1 through 2.14.
	<ol>
		<li>Repeat this cycle for multiple (about 12) sessions to induce high and stable levels of ethanol consumption. See <strong>Figure 1</strong> for representative results of ethanol consumption (g/kg) in the home cage.</li>
		<li>Alternate the spatial position of the ethanol and water bottle on the cage lid across sessions to prevent the development of a side preference.</li>
		<li>Make a fresh ethanol solution once per week to ensure accurate and stable ethanol concentration across sessions. Minimize the impact of evaporation of ethanol over prolonged periods of time using this approach.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">3. Apparatus</p>
<ol>
	<li>House each conditioning chamber inside a ventilated, sound-attenuating cubicle.</li>
	<li>Construct each&#160;conditioning chamber of a stainless steel metal rod floor, a clear polycarbonate ceiling, clear polycarbonate back wall and front door, and aluminum metal panel sidewalls.
	<ol>
		<li>Install a fluid port centrally near the base of the right metal sidewall. Equip the entrance to the fluid port with an infrared photocell to detect entries into the port.</li>
		<li>Connect polyethylene tubing from the back of the fluid port to a 20 ml syringe containing ethanol using a blunt-tipped needle. Place the syringe into a syringe pump located outside the sound-attenuating cubicle. For Pavlovian discrimination training sessions, load ethanol into the syringe before placing it into the pump. Prime the tubing by manually advancing the pump, and then wipe away excess ethanol from the fluid port.&#160;</li>
		<li>On the left sidewall, install a white houselight centrally near the ceiling of the chamber.</li>
		<li>Install a clicker (2 Hz cycle) and a white noise generator with speaker in the upper left corner of the left sidewall.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Outfit each conditioning chamber with a specific configuration of visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli to create a distinctive context.
	<ol>
		<li>Use two different contexts, designated Context 1 and Context 2. Configure half of the conditioning chambers as Context 1 and the other half as Context 2.</li>
		<li>To create Context 1, place black cardboard panels over the ceiling and front and back walls of the chamber, spray lemon odor (10% v/v, made by diluting lemon oil in tap water) into a Petri dish and place it in the center of a metal waste tray under the floor of the chamber, and insert a clear polycarbonate floor panel over the metal rod floor. Line the waste tray with absorbent paper towel or bench liner.</li>
		<li>To create Context 2, leave the ceiling and front and back walls of the chamber uncovered, so that they are clear, spray almond odor (10% v/v, made by diluting benzaldehyde in tap water) into a Petri dish and place it centrally in a metal waste tray under the floor of the chamber, and insert a perforated metal floor panel over the metal rod floor. Line the waste tray with absorbent paper towel or bench liner.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">4. Habituation</p>
<p class="jove_content">Habituate rats to the behavioral training room and each of the two contexts within conditioning chambers. For this phase of the experiment, do not load ethanol into the 20 ml syringes.</p>
<ol>
	<li>Habituate rats to the process of being transported from the animal care facility to the behavioral training room in the laboratory in two short habituation sessions.
	<ol>
		<li>In the first session, load the rats in their home cages onto a wheeled cart in the animal care facility, and transport them to the behavioral training room in the laboratory. Illuminate the room lights, turn on the fans in each sound attenuating cubicle, exit the room, close the door, and let the rats adjust to this new environment for 20 min, while remaining in their home cages on the cart. At the end of this 20 min period, return the rats to the animal care facility.</li>
		<li>In the second session, bring the rats to the behavioral training room in the laboratory. As before, leave the lights and cubicle fans on in the room. Remain in the room, with the door closed to minimize distractions, and handle and weigh each rat in the behavioral training room. Record the weights, and then return the rats to the animal care facility.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Habituate rats to the conditioning chambers in two short habituation sessions.
	<ol>
		<li>Transport the rats to the behavioral training room, record each rat&#8217;s weight, and load each rat into its designated conditioning chamber.</li>
		<li>In the first habituation session set up half the chambers as Context 1 and the remainder as Context 2.</li>
		<li>In the second habituation session set up each chamber with the context that was not used in the previous session.</li>
		<li>Conduct habituation sessions in a counterbalanced fashion, such that half of the rats are first exposed to Context 1, followed by Context 2, and the other half are first exposed to Context 2, followed by Context 1. Ideally, conduct both habituation sessions in the same day, although they could be spread across two days if necessary.</li>
		<li>For habituation sessions, use a computer program to illuminate the houselight 1 min&#160;after the program has been issued. Record the total number of fluid port entries made during a 20 min session. At the end of the session, program the houselight to turn off. Do not present any ethanol or cues during habituation sessions.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Remove rats from the chambers, return them to their home cages, and transport them back to the animal care facility.</li>
	<li>Clean the equipment (<em>e.g.</em>, floor panels, waste trays, Petri dishes). See step 5.7 for further details.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">5. Pavlovian Discrimination Training (PDT)</p>
<p class="jove_content">Train rats to behaviorally discriminate between one auditory cue that is paired with ethanol and a second auditory cue that is not. For this phase of the experiment, fill the 20 ml syringes with 15% ethanol.</p>
<ol>
	<li>Outfit each conditioning chamber with a specific configuration of visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli to create a distinctive context, as described in steps 3.3.2 and 3.3.3
	<ol>
		<li>Assign half of the rats to Context 1 and the other half to Context 2 in a counterbalanced fashion, based on ethanol consumption and preference averaged across the last 2 sessions of the home cage ethanol access procedure. Refer to the context used during PDT as Context A. NOTE: Each rat should only experience one context in this phase of training.</li>
		<li>Make sure that the olfactory stimulus is the last contextual stimulus to be added to each conditioning chamber. Close the doors of the chamber and the sound-attenuating cubicle to contain the olfactory stimulus and minimize the comingling of different odors.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Bring the rats into the behavioral training room, record each rat&#8217;s weight, and load each rat into its designated conditioning chamber.</li>
	<li>Initiate the computer program that controls the following sequence of events during each PDT session.
	<ol>
		<li>At 5 min after the program has been issued, illuminate the houselight.</li>
		<li>Present the white noise stimulus and the clicker stimulus 16 times each. Designate one of these auditory stimuli to be the CS+ and the other to be the CS-, in a counterbalanced fashion across both contexts.</li>
		<li>Make each CS+ and CS- trial last 10 sec.</li>
		<li>Deliver 0.2 ml ethanol into the fluid port during the last 6 sec of the CS+. Do not deliver any ethanol during the CS-.</li>
		<li>Make each PDT session last 58 min on average. Present the CS+ and the CS- each on a variable time 67 sec schedule.</li>
		<li>Record fluid port entries during the 10 sec CS interval (the 10 sec during CS presentation), the 10 sec pre-CS interval (the 10 sec immediately prior to CS onset), and the 10 sec post-CS interval (the 10 sec immediately following CS offset) for both CS+ and CS- presentations, as well as total fluid port entries for the entire session. Also record the duration of each port entry made during these intervals.</li>
		<li>At the end of the session, turn the houselight off.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Remove rats from the chambers, return them to their home cages, and transport them back to the animal care facility.</li>
	<li>Check the fluid ports to ensure that rats consumed the 3.2 ml of ethanol delivered in each PDT session.</li>
	<li>Flush the ethanol out of the polyethylene tubing with a 60 ml syringe containing a small amount of water. Then, pass 60 ml of air through the tubing using a second, empty syringe, to make sure it is dry.</li>
	<li>Clean the equipment. For daily cleaning, wash the floor panels, waste trays, and Petri dishes. Once a week, clean the entire conditioning chamber. Do not use scented cleaning products to avoid introducing unwanted odors into the experimental apparatus.</li>
	<li>Continue PDT sessions daily until rats show stable discrimination in their port entry responses to the CS+ vs. CS-. NOTE: Port entries made in response to the CS+ should increase over sessions, whereas port entries made in response to the CS- should remain low. The exact number of PDT sessions necessary to achieve discriminated conditioned responding can vary, but, as a guide, plan on approximately 20 sessions.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">6. Extinction</p>
<ol>
	<li>Outfit each conditioning chamber with visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli to create a context that is distinct from the one the rats experienced during PDT sessions. For example, if Context 1 was used in PDT, configure the chamber as Context 2 for extinction sessions. Refer to the context used during extinction as Context B.</li>
	<li>Conduct extinction sessions identically to PDT sessions, but do not deliver any ethanol during the CS+.
	<ol>
		<li>Use the same computer program that was used during PDT to present the CS+ and CS-.</li>
		<li>To maintain consistency across phases of the experiment, load an empty syringe into the syringe pump, and leave the pump turned on. Make sure the polyethylene tubing does not contain ethanol before extinction sessions.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Continue extinction sessions daily until rats no longer show discriminated responding between the CS+ and CS-. NOTE: Port entries made in response to the CS+ should gradually decline across extinction sessions, until there is no difference between port entries made in response to the CS+ and port entries made in response to the CS-. The exact number of extinction sessions necessary to extinguish conditioned responding can vary, but as a guide, plan on approximately 8 sessions.</li>
	<li>Clean the equipment at the end of each session, as described in step 5.7.</li>
</ol>
<p class="jove_title">7. Context-induced Renewal Test</p>
<ol>
	<li>Equip each conditioning chamber with the visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli to create the context that was experienced during PDT sessions. For example, if a given rat experienced Context 1 in PDT sessions, configure his chamber as Context 1 in the test session. Refer to the context used during the renewal test as Context A.</li>
	<li>Conduct the context-induced renewal test identically to PDT sessions, but do not deliver any ethanol during the renewal test. Present the<br />
	CS+ and CS- as before during PDT sessions, but withhold the ethanol.
	<ol>
		<li>Use the same computer program that was used during PDT to present the CS+ and CS-.</li>
		<li>To maintain consistency across phases, load an empty syringe into the syringe pump, and leave the pump turned on. Make sure the polyethylene tubing does not contain ethanol before the test session.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Observe context-induced renewal of Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior. NOTE: This renewal effect will be evident by a selective increase in the number of port entries made in response to the CS+, with no change in port entry behavior made in response to the CS-, relative to CS+ and CS- responding observed at the end of extinction training.</li>
	<li>Clean the equipment at the end of the session, as described in step 5.7.</li>
</ol>

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<p class="jove_content">All experimental procedures were approved by the Concordia University Animal Research Ethics Committee and are in accordance with guidelines from the Canadian Council on Animal Care. <span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;">The open-access publication of this article was made possible by sponsorship from Med Associates Inc.</span></p>

<p class="jove_content">Results from this procedure reveal that discrete environmental stimuli that routinely accompany alcohol delivery can acquire the capacity to drive alcohol-seeking behavior. They also demonstrate that contextual stimuli associated with the prior availability or absence of alcohol can guide conditioned behavioral responses to discrete alcohol-predictive cues.</p>
<p class="jove_step">Critical steps within the protocol</p>
<p class="jove_content">Contexts in the present task incorporate stimuli that are external to the rat. However, the interoceptive state of the rat at test can also constitute a &#8216;context&#8217; that could affect renewal<sup>20</sup>. It is therefore important to habituate rats to any procedures that may occur before the renewal test and change their interoceptive state, like intracranial microinfusions or systemic injections. Moreover, habituation to microinfusions or systemic injections should be conducted prior to both extinction and PDT sessions, to prevent such procedures from becoming associated with one specific phase of the experiment.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Temporal parameters, such as CS duration, CS-US interval, and intertrial interval (ITI), have long been known to influence conditioned responding in a variety of conditioning paradigms<sup>21-26</sup>. Similarly, temporal parameters may influence the observation of the renewal effect in our procedure. Any set of parameters other than those specified in the protocol should be experimentally validated in pilot studies before proceeding to employ them in larger investigations.</p>
<p class="jove_step">Modifications and troubleshooting</p>
<p class="jove_content">Previous research has found that the amount of ethanol that rats consume in the home cage can vary as a function of the supplier from which rats are purchased<sup>17,27</sup>. Supplier is therefore an important consideration for this phase of the study. Similarly, the choice of rat strain should be considered carefully, as there are numerous reports of strain differences in ethanol consumption<sup>28-31</sup>.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Prior work in an aversive conditioning paradigm has shown that the developmental age of rats influences the observation of renewal of a Pavlovian conditioned fear response<sup>32</sup>. The lack of a renewal effect in very young rats (younger than postnatal day 20) has been suggested to be due to impaired encoding of contextual information<sup>33</sup>. The developmental age of rats to be used in the present procedure should therefore be taken into consideration.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Renewal of Pavlovian conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior has been observed when 10%<sup>9,16</sup>, 15%<sup>14</sup>, or 20%<sup>15</sup> ethanol solutions were used during the home cage ethanol access and PDT phases of the experiment. Researchers could use any of these concentrations of ethanol for the purposes of establishing this procedure in their laboratories.</p>
<p class="jove_content">During the acquisition of Pavlovian discrimination training it is important to check fluid ports after each session to ensure that all the ethanol that was delivered has been consumed. Leaving rats in the conditioning chambers for an additional 10 - 15 min after each session may be done early in PDT to encourage consumption of any ethanol that was not consumed during the session. The number of rats leaving unconsumed ethanol in the ports should decrease as PDT progresses. If by the end of PDT rats are either (a) not consuming all the ethanol and/or (b) not responding to the CS+ then these subjects should be dropped from the study. Most rats reliably respond more to the CS+ than the CS-. However, some rats may respond at high levels to both cues, thereby not showing evidence of discrimination. Rats that show high responding to both the CS+ and CS- during PDT are not dropped from the study. In our experience, these subjects show remarkable discrimination during the first extinction session in the absence of ethanol, suggesting that their high levels of responding to the CS- during PDT are driven by the presence of ethanol in the fluid port. These subjects also tend to show robust renewal effects.</p>
<p class="jove_step">Limitations of the procedure</p>
<p class="jove_content">Because the renewal test is conducted in the absence of ethanol, conditioned port entries elicited by the CS+ gradually diminish across the test session. Therefore, the overall amount of behavior generated at test, against which experimentally induced changes can be assessed, is fairly low. Because in this task responding tends to be higher at the start versus the end of the test session, it is important to examine the effects of experimental manipulations on conditioned responding on a trial-by-trial basis.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Entries into the fluid receptacle provide the main dependent measure in this task. However, an erroneous port entry might be registered if an animal is close enough to the fluid receptacle to break the infrared beam across the opening of the fluid port with its whiskers. While infrequent, erroneous responses are obvious as a dramatic increase in total port entries relative to the subject&#8217;s behavior on prior sessions. Videotaping the animals would facilitate the detection of possible erroneous responses, and allow for a more refined analysis of the behaviors exhibited by the rats throughout training and testing.</p>
<p class="jove_step">Significance of technique with respect to existing/alternative methods</p>
<p class="jove_content">Context-induced renewal of drug-seeking behavior is largely studied using an instrumental conditioning task in which the primary dependent variable is an operant response, such as a lever press<sup>8,34</sup> or nose poke<sup>12</sup>. In the present procedure, the drug-seeking response is &#8216;conditioned approach&#8217; to the fluid port that is elicited by presentations of the CS+. This response is likely acquired through Pavlovian learning, which is the learning process that mediates the formation of associations between environmental stimuli and the pharmacological effects of drugs of abuse in humans.</p>
<p class="jove_step">Future applications</p>
<p class="jove_content">This task can be used in combination with neuropharmacology, optogenetics and neurochemistry to study the neural mechanisms that are involved in context-induced renewal of Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior<sup>16</sup>. In addition, behavioral and neural mechanisms that regulate the acquisition and extinction of Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior can be investigated. Lastly, this task can be used to explore manipulations of extinction that might prevent renewal, an important direction for translational research aimed at reducing the impact of drug associated environmental contexts on reactivity to drug predictive cues after cue exposure therapy in human addicts.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Remaining sober is a considerable challenge faced by individuals suffering from alcohol abuse disorders. Abstinence is a time of vulnerability to the behavioral, psychological and physiological impact of environmental stimuli that routinely accompany alcohol use, which can, through Pavlovian conditioning, become associated with inebriation<sup>1,2</sup>. Exposure to alcohol predictive cues can elicit conditioned responses such as alcohol craving, which may promote alcohol-seeking behaviors that facilitate relapse<sup>3,4</sup>.</p>
<p class="jove_content">The stereotypical sequences of behavior that lead to alcohol consumption can cause certain types of stimuli to be routinely experienced immediately before the pharmacological effects of alcohol intake. For example, the sight, smell and taste of alcohol are sensory properties of alcohol that reliably precede intoxication. In addition to such cues, which are referred to as &#8216;discrete&#8217; or &#8216;proximal&#8217; cues, environmental contexts in which drugs are regularly used can also provoke craving<sup>5,6</sup>. Exposure to physical locations in which drugs have previously been used may therefore be a critical trigger for relapse <sup>7</sup>.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Animal models have been developed to study the neural mechanisms that mediate the impact of drug associated contexts on drug-seeking behavior<sup>8-13</sup>. The procedure described herein allows for the investigation of how contexts associated with alcohol consumption can modulate alcohol-seeking behavior that is elicited by a discrete, alcohol predictive Pavlovian cue.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Pavlovian discrimination training is conducted in a specific environmental context, where rats are trained to behaviorally distinguish between two auditory conditioned stimuli, a CS+ that is paired with alcohol, and a CS- that is not. Extinction sessions are then conducted in a different context, where responding to the CS+ diminishes as a result of alcohol being withheld. Subsequently, reexposure to the alcohol associated, Pavlovian training context triggers a selective increase in alcohol-seeking behavior elicited by the CS+, with no change in responding to the CS-. This result, which we have consistently replicated<sup>9,14-16</sup>, extends findings from instrumental conditioning procedures in which drug contexts have been found to stimulate the renewal of operant responses associated with drug delivery<sup>10,13</sup>.</p>

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The package includes all the cables, the interface module and the connection panel.</td></tr><tr><td>Med PC IV software</td><td>Med Associates Inc.</td><td>#SOF-735</td><td>Software to run programs. 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a procedure to observe context-induced renewal of pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior in rats

<p class="jove_content">Environmental contexts in which drugs of abuse are consumed can trigger craving, a subjective Pavlovian-conditioned response that can facilitate drug-seeking behavior and prompt relapse in abstinent drug users. We have developed a procedure to study the behavioral and neural processes that mediate the impact of context on alcohol-seeking behavior in rats. Following acclimation to the taste and pharmacological effects of 15% ethanol in the home cage, male Long-Evans rats receive Pavlovian discrimination training (PDT) in conditioning chambers. In each daily (Mon-Fri) PDT session, 16 trials each of two different 10 sec auditory conditioned stimuli occur. During one stimulus, the CS+, 0.2 ml of 15% ethanol is delivered into a fluid port for oral consumption. The second stimulus, the CS-, is not paired with ethanol. Across sessions, entries into the fluid port during the CS+ increase, whereas entries during the CS- stabilize at a lower level, indicating that a predictive association between the CS+ and ethanol is acquired. During PDT each chamber is equipped with a specific configuration of visual, olfactory and tactile contextual stimuli. Following PDT, extinction training is conducted in the same chamber that is now equipped with a different configuration of contextual stimuli. The CS+ and CS- are presented as before, but ethanol is withheld, which causes a gradual decline in port entries during the CS+. At test, rats are placed back into the PDT context and presented with the CS+ and CS- as before, but without ethanol. This manipulation triggers a robust and selective increase in the number of port entries made during the alcohol predictive CS+, with no change in responding during the CS-. This effect, referred to as context-induced renewal, illustrates the powerful capacity of contexts associated with alcohol consumption to stimulate alcohol-seeking behavior in response to Pavlovian alcohol cues.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Intermittent ethanol access in the home cage: Ethanol consumption (g/kg) and ethanol preference increase across sessions of intermittent ethanol access in the home cage, typically reaching stable levels within 8 &#8211; 12 sessions (<strong>Figure 1</strong>). In the data set shown in <strong>Figure 1</strong>, stable ethanol consumption averaged across the last two sessions of home cage ethanol access ranged from 1.33 &#8211; 6.44 g/kg for individual rats. The home cage ethanol consumption phase of the experiment can be stopped once the g/kg consumption has plateaued, and rats are maintained at this stable level of drinking for a number of sessions.</p>
<p class="jove_content">To analyze data from this phase, conduct separate repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) across the within-subject factor of session for ethanol consumption (g/kg) and ethanol preference.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Schematic of context-induced renewal procedure: Each phase of the experimental procedure (PDT, extinction, renewal test) is illustrated in <strong>Figure 2</strong>. See the figure caption for further details.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Response measures and data analysis: In all behavioral phases described below, port entry responses made during the CS+ and CS- are normalized with reference to pre-CS baseline port entry responses. To create the normalized CS measures, subtract the number of port entries made during the pre-CS baseline interval (the 10 sec immediately prior to CS onset) from the number of port entries made during the presentations of the CS+ and CS-. The normalized CS+ and normalized CS- measures serve as indicators of behavior elicited specifically by CS presentations, elevated above baseline levels.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Conduct separate repeated-measures ANOVA with the repeated within-subject factors of session and CS type (CS+ vs. CS-) for the PDT and extinction phases. For comparisons across phase (PDT, extinction, renewal test), use data averaged across the last two sessions of PDT and extinction and the one session of renewal test data in repeated-measures ANOVA. To follow up on significant main effects and interactions, use <em>post hoc</em> t-tests for independent or paired samples that are corrected for multiple comparisons. Criterion for significance is set at &#945; = 0.05.</p>
<p class="jove_content">PDT: Port entry responses to the CS+ increase across PDT sessions, whereas port entry responses to the CS- remain low and stable, overall. Note that port entry responses to the CS- may increase slightly in the early sessions of PDT training; however, port entries made in response to the CS- stabilize at a much lower level than those made in response to the CS+. Successful discrimination is evidenced by a statistically significant elevation in port entries during the CS+ compared to the CS- (<strong>Figure 3</strong>). This result indicates that Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior has been established to the CS+, but not the CS-.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Extinction: Port entry responses to the CS+ gradually decline across extinction sessions. Port entry responses to the CS- remain low and stable across extinction sessions. Ideally, discriminated responding is abolished by the end of extinction training, as evidenced by the lack of a statistically significant difference between port entries to the CS+ and CS-. However, it is not uncommon for some degree of discriminated responding to remain, even at the end of extinction training. In this case, it is important to verify that port entry responses to the CS+ at the end of extinction training are statistically lower than port entry responses to the CS+ at the start of extinction, as well as at the end of PDT (<strong>Figure 3</strong>). This pattern of results indicates that Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior has been significantly extinguished.</p>
<p class="jove_content">Context-induced renewal test: Port entry responses to the CS+ increase in the context-induced renewal test, relative to CS+ port entries observed at the end of extinction training. This increase is selective to the CS+, as port entries to the CS- remain unaltered. In addition, port entries to the CS+ are statistically elevated compared to port entries to the CS- in the context-induced renewal test (<strong>Figure 4</strong>). Statistical confirmation of comparisons of CS+ port entries between extinction and test, as well as comparisons of CS+ and CS- port entries within test, indicates a selective renewal of Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior induced by the alcohol associated context at test.</p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="always"><img alt="Figure 1" fo:content-width="4in" src="/files/ftp_upload/51898/51898fig1highres.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<strong>Figure 1. Escalation of ethanol consumption and preference induced by intermittent ethanol access in the home cage. </strong>Mean &#177; SEM <strong>(A)&#160;</strong>ethanol consumption (g/kg) and <strong>(B)</strong>&#160;ethanol preference across 12 sessions of intermittent ethanol access in the home cage. Both measures typically increase across sessions and then stabilize. Stable ethanol consumption averaged across the last two sessions of home cage ethanol access ranged from 1.33 &#8211; 6.44 g/kg for individual rats. These data were obtained using male Long-Evans rats drinking 15% (v/v) ethanol.</p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="always"><img alt="Figure 2" fo:content-width="4in" src="/files/ftp_upload/51898/51898fig2highres.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<strong>Figure 2. A schematic of the experimental procedure.</strong> The procedure consists of three phases: Pavlovian discrimination training (PDT), extinction, and context-induced renewal test. During each PDT session, rats receive 16 trials of one auditory conditioned stimulus (CS+) that signals the delivery of ethanol and 16 trials of a second auditory stimulus (CS-) that is not associated with ethanol delivery. PDT sessions take place in Context A, composed of a specific configuration of visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli. During extinction sessions, which are conducted in Context B, composed of a different set of visual, olfactory, and tactile stimuli, the CS+ and CS- are presented but ethanol is withheld. For the context-induced renewal test, rats are returned to Context A, and the CS+ and CS- are presented without ethanol. <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/51898/51898fig2highres.jpg" target="_blank">Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.</a></p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="always"><img alt="Figure 3" fo:content-width="4in" src="/files/ftp_upload/51898/51898fig3highres.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<strong>Figure 3. Acquisition and extinction of discriminated Pavlovian-conditioned responding for ethanol.</strong> Mean &#177; SEM normalized port entries made during the CS+ and CS- across PDT (sessions 1 &#8211; 18) in Context A and extinction (sessions 19 &#8211; 26) in Context B. These data were obtained using male Long-Evans rats, trained with 10% (v/v) ethanol as the unconditioned stimulus (US) that was presented in association with the CS+ during PDT. *p &#60;0.05, CS+ versus CS-. Figure originally published in Chaudhri, Sahuque, &#38; Janak (2008). Used with permission from Elsevier.</p>
<p class="jove_content" fo:keep-together.within-page="always"><img alt="Figure 4" fo:content-width="5in" src="/files/ftp_upload/51898/51898fig4highres.jpg" width="500" /><br />
<strong>Figure 4. Context-induced renewal of Pavlovian-conditioned responding for ethanol.</strong> Mean &#177; SEM normalized port entries made during the CS+ and CS- in PDT sessions in Context A, extinction sessions in Context B, and renewal test in Context A. Data are averaged over the last two sessions for PDT and extinction; the renewal test is a single session. These data were obtained using male Long-Evans rats, trained with 10% (v/v) ethanol as the unconditioned stimulus (US) that was presented in association with the CS+ during PDT. *p &#60;0.05; **p &#60;0.001, CS+ versus CS-. #p &#60;0.05, CS+ PDT versus CS+ extinction. ^p &#60;0.05, CS+ extinction versus CS+ test. Figure originally published in Chaudhri, Sahuque, &#38; Janak (2008). Used with permission from Elsevier.</p>

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<p class="jove_content">A procedure to study the capacity of an alcohol associated environmental context to trigger the renewal of alcohol-seeking behavior in rats is described.</p>

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	<li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Preparation of the Laboratory<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p><em>Here, we show the laboratory preparation for 10 students working in pairs, with some excess. Please adjust quantities as needed.</em></p>
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		<div class="lab-step">First, put on a lab coat, safety glasses, and nitrile gloves.<strong> Note:</strong> Some of the reagents are volatile or have unpleasant odors, so you will handle them in a fume hood.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-3">
		<div class="lab-step">Ensure that you have glass and organic waste containers and that each sink has paper towels.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-4">
		<div class="lab-step">Follow the table to designate codes for the carboxylic acids and alcohols used in this lab. The carboxylic acids are coded A through C, and the alcohols are coded D through I. The students will use a 3:1 molar ratio of alcohol to carboxylic acid in the reaction.
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Code</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Compound</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>MW<br />
					(g/mol) </strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Density at RT (g/cm<sup>3</sup>)</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Moles per vial</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Grams per vial</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>cm<sup>3</sup> per vial </strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Number of vials</strong></td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">A</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Acetic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">60.05</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1.049</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.07</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">4.2035</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">4.0</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">3</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">B</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Butyric acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">88.11</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.953</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.07</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">6.1677</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">6.5</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">3</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">C</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Anthranilic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">137.14</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">-</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.07</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">9.5998</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">-</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">D</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Propanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">60.10</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.803</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">12.6210</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">15.7</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">E</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Isoamyl alcohol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">88.15</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.810</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">18.512</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">22.8</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">F</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Butanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">74.12</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.810</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">15.565</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">19.2</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">G</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Ethanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">46.07</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.789</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">9.6747</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">12.3</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">H</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Methanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">32.04</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.791</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">6.7284</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">8.5</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">2</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Octanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">130.23</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.830</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">0.21</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">27.348</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">32.9</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1</td>
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		</table>
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		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Prepare the three carboxylic acids: acetic acid, butyric acid, and anthranilic acid. Each group will need 0.07 moles of their assigned carboxylic acid in a vial.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Tare a 10-mL glass vial on an analytical balance in a fume hood. Use a Pasteur pipette to measure 4.2035 g of acetic acid, which will be about 4 mL. Cap the vial and label it &#8216;A&#8217;. Prepare two more labeled vials of acetic acid in the same way.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Weigh 6.1677 g of butyric acid, which will be about 6.5 mL, in a tared 10-mL vial. Cap the vial and label it &#8216;B&#8217;. Prepare two more vials of butyric acid in the same way.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Use a small spatula to weigh 9.5998 g of solid anthranilic acid in a tared 10-mL vial. Cap the vial and label it &#8216;C&#8217;. You should now have a total of seven vials of carboxylic acid.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Prepare the 7 alcohols. Each group will need 0.21 moles of their assigned alcohol in a vial. Use the table as a guide to prepare and label one vial of each alcohol. Prepare and label two vials of methanol.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-10">
		<div class="lab-step">You should now have a total of seven vials of alcohol. Keep the reagent vials in the instructor&#39;s hood for now and put away the stock bottles of the carboxylic acids and alcohols.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-11">
		<div class="lab-step">Assign each student group one of these seven combinations of reagents.
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Ester code</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Carboxylic acid </strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Alcohol</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Ester product</strong></td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Scent</strong></td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">AD</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Acetic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Propanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Propyl acetate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Pear</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">AE</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Acetic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Isoamyl alcohol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Isoamyl acetate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Banana</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">AI</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Acetic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Octanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Octyl acetate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Orange</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">BF</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Butyric acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">1-Butanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Butyl butyrate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Pineapple</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">BG</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Butyric acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Ethanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Ethyl butyrate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Strawberry</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">BH</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Butyric acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Methanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Methyl butyrate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Apple</td>
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					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">CH</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Anthranilic acid</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Methanol</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Methyl anthranilate</td>
					<td style="border: 1px solid; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Grape</td>
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		</table>
		</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-12">
		<div class="lab-step">Prepare or obtain seven vials of the fruit scents and label them with the fruit names as references.</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-13">
		<div class="lab-step">Set out the following glassware and equipment at each student lab station (we suggest that students work in pairs):</div>
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		<li data-sub-note-item="1-14">
		<div class="lab-step">Put bottles of saturated sodium bicarbonate and 3 M sulfuric acid in a dedicated fume hood, along with a roll of plastic paraffin film and scissors.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-15">
		<div class="lab-step">Set out filter paper and Pasteur pipettes in a central area so that every student group can easily access them.
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		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-16">
		<div class="lab-step">Just before the lab, fill a large insulated cooler with crushed ice. Place the cooler and an ice scoop in a central area in the lab.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-17">
		<div class="lab-step">When the students arrive, show them how to safely waft vapors before giving them their assigned reagents.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ol>

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Source: Lara Al Hariri at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA

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Identifying Alcohols

<p>Source: Lara Al Hariri and Ahmed Basabrain at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA</p>
<ol class="note-items">
	<li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Ferric Chloride Test for Phenols<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p>In this lab, you will identify an unknown alcohol using the ferric chloride test, the Jones test, and the Lucas test. You&#39;ll test known alcohols alongside the unknown alcohol as examples of positive and negative results for each test.</p>
	<p>The four known alcohols are 1-butanol, a primary alcohol, 2-butanol, a secondary alcohol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, a tertiary alcohol, and phenol. The four possible unknown alcohols are 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, and para-chlorophenol.</p>
	<p>You&#39;ll start with the ferric chloride test for the presence of phenols. Iron(III) chloride, or ferric chloride, forms a brown complex when it&#39;s dissolved in water. If you add a phenol to this solution, a purple iron(III)-phenol complex will form instead. This effect is not observed with non-aromatic or aliphatic alcohols.</p>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-4">
		<div class="lab-step">Put on a lab coat, safety glasses, and gloves before you begin. <strong>Note:</strong> The alcohols that you will test are toxic and flammable, and the reagents that you will use are toxic and corrosive, so you will perform this lab in a fume hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, get your assigned unknown alcohol from your instructor and bring it to your fume hood. Label a 250-mL beaker &#8216;aqueous metal waste&#8217;.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Next, put five small test tubes in a rack and label them &#8216;1-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-methyl-2-propanol&#8217;, &#8216;phenol&#8217;, and &#8216;unknown&#8217;. Bring the rack to the analytical balance to obtain phenol.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-7">
		<div class="lab-step">If your unknown is a solid, bring it with you. Weigh about 0.2 g of phenol and pour it into the corresponding tube. Do the same for your unknown if it is a solid and then return to your hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Now label three small vials &#8216;1-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-butanol&#8217;, and &#8216;2-methyl-2-propanol&#8217;.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Bring the vials to the solvent hood and use clean Pasteur pipettes to fill each vial with about 1 mL of the matching alcohol.<strong> Note: </strong>Do not reuse pipettes.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-10">
		<div class="lab-step">Next, obtain at least four Pasteur pipettes and a 250-mL beaker. Get more pipettes whenever you need them, and don&#39;t put used pipettes back in the beaker.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-11">
		<div class="lab-step">In your fume hood, pipette 3 &#8211; 4 drops of 1-butanol, 2-butanol, and 2-methyl-2-propanol into the corresponding tubes.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-12">
		<div class="lab-step">To the phenol tube, add several drops of deionized water and shake to mix. This will provide better visual results for the ferric test.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-13">
		<div class="lab-step">If your unknown alcohol is a liquid, use a clean pipette to place 3 &#8211; 4 drops of it in the unknown test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-14">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, obtain the bottle of iron(III) chloride solution and add 2 &#8211; 3 drops to each test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-15">
		<div class="lab-step">Stir each mixture well with a glass rod. Use deionized water to rinse off residual alcohol before mixing the contents of the next tube. Make sure that the phenol dissolves completely along with the unknown if it is a solid.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-16">
		<div class="lab-step">Wait 5 min before comparing your unknown to the known solutions. <strong>Note:</strong> If your unknown solution is purple, like the phenol solution, then your unknown is a phenol derivative. If it looks like the other three tubes, it is not a phenol derivative. Record the results of the test in your lab notebook.
		<h4><strong>Table 1: Identifying Unknown Alcohol</strong></h4>
		<table border="1" fo:keep-together.within-page="1" fo:keep-with-next.within-page="always">
			<tbody>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Alcohol</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Ferric Chloride Test</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Jones Test</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lucas Test</strong></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>1-butanol</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>2-butanol</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>2-methyl-2-propanol</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>Phenol</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>Unknown</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
			</tbody>
		</table>
		<a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/71/Table_1._Identifying_unknown_alcohol.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a></div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-17">
		<div class="lab-step">The next tests don&#39;t work with phenols, so you&#39;ll only test aliphatic alcohols for the rest of the lab. If your unknown is a phenol derivative, skip the instructions for the unknown and test only the three known aliphatic alcohols.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">The Jones Test for Aliphatic Primary and Secondary Alcohols<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p>In this section, you&#39;ll perform the Jones test for primary and secondary alcohols. Jones&#39; reagent is made with chromium trioxide and sulfuric acid in water, which forms chromic acid (H<sub>2</sub>CrO<sub>4</sub>)<em> in situ</em>. This powerful reagent oxidizes secondary alcohols to ketones, primary alcohols to aldehydes, which after forming an aldehyde hydrate, are further reduced to carboxylic acids.</p>
	<p>The oxidation state of chromium is the key to this test. Chromium is in the +6 oxidation state in the Jones&#39; reagent. The Cr(VI) complexes in the reagent give it its bright reddish, orange color.</p>
	<p>When Cr(VI) oxidizes an alcohol, chromium is reduced to the +3 oxidation state. First, the alcohol and chromic acid form a chromate ester. Then, a base (H<sub>2</sub>O) cleaves the C-H bond of the alcohol, forming the carbonyl group while reducing Cr(VI) to Cr(IV). Because the carbon of the alcohol undergoes a 2-electron oxidation, and Cr(VI) a 2-electron reduction, this step is a reduction-oxidation step. Cr(IV) participates in further oxidation steps and is eventually reduced to Cr(III). Cr(III) is often present as hexaaquachromium(III) ions&#160;&#8212; [Cr(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>6</sub>]<sup>3+</sup> &#8212; and Cr(III) complexes, where H<sub>2</sub>O molecules are replaced by one or more sulphate ions, [Cr(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>5</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)]<sup>+</sup>. These complexes give Cr(III) the characteristic green color. So, when you mix Jones&#39; reagent with a primary or secondary alcohol in acetone, the orange solution will turn green.</p>
	<p>Jones oxidation of alcohols doesn&#39;t work with tertiary alcohols because the -OH group is already bonded to three carbon atoms and cannot form an extra C-O bond. Thus, you won&#39;t see a color change if you combine Jones&#39; reagent with a tertiary alcohol because chromium isn&#39;t reduced.</p>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Label four clean test tubes &#8216;1-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-methyl-2-propanol&#8217;, and &#8216;unknown&#8217; and place 10 drops of acetone in each. Acetone is the preferred solvent for Jones oxidation.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Then, use clean pipettes to add 3 &#8211; 4 drops of the known aliphatic alcohols and your unknown alcohol to the corresponding tubes.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Stir each solution well with the glass rod and rinse the rod with water after mixing each one.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, obtain the bottle of Jones&#39; reagent and carefully add 2 &#8211; 3 drops to each tube. The reagent is strongly acidic and corrosive, so be careful with it and tightly cap the bottle when you&#39;re done. Then, mix each solution well, cleaning the glass rod after each one.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Let the solutions react for 10 min, and then compare your unknown to the knowns. <strong>Note:</strong> If the unknown solution turned green, like 1-butanol and 2-butanol, the test is positive for a primary or secondary alcohol. If it stayed orange, like 2-methyl-2-propanol, the test is negative.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-10">
		<div class="lab-step">Record the results in your lab notebook.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">The Lucas Test for Classifying Small Saturated Alcohols<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p>The Jones test doesn&#39;t distinguish between primary and secondary alcohols, so you&#39;ll use the Lucas test to identify which is which.</p>
	<p>Lucas&#39; reagent, which is a mixture of zinc chloride and hydrochloric acid, converts secondary and tertiary alcohols to chloroalkanes at room temperature. Chloroalkanes are nearly insoluble in water, so a positive result appears as the mixture separates into a cloudy chloroalkane-containing layer over a clear layer.</p>
	<p>The rate-determining step of the reaction involves converting the alcohol to a carbocation, so the speed of the reaction depends on how stable the carbocation is.</p>
	<p>Tertiary carbocations are very stable, so tertiary alcohols give a positive reaction almost immediately. Secondary carbocations are less stable, so secondary alcohols give a positive result after a few seconds to a few minutes. Primary carbocations are too unstable for this reaction, so primary alcohols give a negative result.</p>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, label for clean test tubes as &#8216;1-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-butanol&#8217;, &#8216;2-methyl-2-propanol&#8217;, and &#8216;unknown&#8217;.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Obtain the bottle of Lucas&#39; reagent and use a graduated cylinder to measure 2 mL of the reagent for each tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Next, add 2 drops of 2-methyl-2-propanol to the appropriate tube. Immediately, stir the mixture for a few seconds and place it in the rack. The mixture will promptly separate into a clear lower layer and a cloudy upper layer.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Thoroughly rinse the glass rod and record the immediate positive result in your lab notebook.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Mix the remaining alcohols with Lucas&#39; reagent in the same way, using a fresh pipette for each alcohol and rinsing the glass rod each time. <strong>Note:</strong> Don&#39;t add too much alcohol or jostle the tubes because that can slow down the reaction.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-10">
		<div class="lab-step">Watch carefully after mixing the unknown alcohol with Lucas&#39; reagent to ensure that you can distinguish an immediate positive result from a positive result after a brief delay.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-11">
		<div class="lab-step">Check on the tubes every few minutes and record positive results as you see them. Note approximately how long it took for delayed positive results to appear.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-12">
		<div class="lab-step">Once the tubes have sat for at least 15 min, you can assume that the results are final. Record the results for 1-butanol, 2-butanol, and for your unknown if applicable.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-13">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, let&#39;s clean up. Your instructor will collect the Cr(VI) solutions, so leave any tubes of orange solution from the Jones test in your hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-14">
		<div class="lab-step">Empty the other test tubes into the waste beaker and rinse them with deionized water. Pour the waste into the aqueous metal waste container using a funnel and rinse the beaker with deionized water.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="3-15">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, wash your glassware as usual and dispose of used pipettes in the glass waste. Lastly, clean your hood and throw out any trash in the lab trash container.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li data-note-item="4" data-parent-collapse="">Results<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p>Identify your unknown alcohol. The four possibilities are 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, and para-chlorophenol.</p>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="4-2">
		<div class="lab-step">Consider the results of the ferric chloride test first. If the mixture with your unknown alcohol turned purple, like phenol did, your alcohol must be para-chlorophenol. If you saw a negative result, your unknown is one of the three aliphatic alcohols.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="4-3">
		<div class="lab-step">Look at the results of the Jones test. If the mixture with the unknown alcohol turned green, the unknown could be primary or secondary. If the mixture with your unknown alcohol stayed orange, your unknown alcohol is tertiary. Therefore, a negative Jones result means that your alcohol must be 2-methyl-2-butanol.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="4-4">
		<div class="lab-step">Lastly, look at the results of the Lucas test. If you had a negative result in the Jones test, you should also have seen an immediate positive result in the Lucas test. This confirms that your alcohol was tertiary. If your unknown had a positive result after a short delay, then your unknown alcohol is secondary, and therefore, must be 2-propanol. Finally, if your unknown had a negative result in the Lucas test, your alcohol is primary, and therefore, must be 1-propanol.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ol>

Identifying Alcohols: Ferric Chloride Test, Jones Test, and Lucas Test - Procedure

Source: Lara Al Hariri and Ahmed Basabrain at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA

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<ol class="note-items">
	<li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Concentration Dependence<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<p>In this experiment, you will combine varying concentrations of aqueous HCl and sodium thiosulfate to make solid sulfur, which rapidly gathers into opaque yellow particles at a certain sulfur concentration. Since the reaction solution starts clear and colorless, you can easily tell when it reaches that concentration.</p>
	<p>You&#39;ll use the same test tube and total volume each time, so it will take the same amount of sulfur to make each solution completely opaque. Thus, you&#39;ll measure the reaction progress by timing how long that takes. You&#39;ll then use that data to estimate the reaction orders of the individual reactants and of the overall reaction.</p>
	<p>Before starting the lab, make a table listing the reactant concentrations, the time to solution opacity, and the solution temperature for the trials.</p>
	<h4><strong>Table 1: Reaction progress</strong></h4>
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		<tbody>
			<tr>
				<td><strong>Trial</strong></td>
				<td><strong>[Na<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>] (M)</strong></td>
				<td><strong>[HCl] (M)</strong></td>
				<td><strong>Time (s)</strong></td>
				<td><strong>Temp (&#176;C)</strong></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">1</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.1 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">2</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.1 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.2 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">4</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.15 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">5</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.05 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">6</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.1 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">6.0 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">7</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.1 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">4.5 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">8</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.1 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">1.5 M</td>
				<td></td>
				<td></td>
			</tr>
		</tbody>
	</table>
	<p><a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/50/Table_1._Reaction_progress.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a></p>
	<p>We want to make sure that the reactions are all taking place at room temperature. You&#39;ll perform two benchmark trials, three trials with different sodium thiosulfate concentrations, and three trials with different HCl concentrations. You will vary the concentrations by diluting stock solutions of sodium thiosulfate and HCl, as shown in the following tables.</p>
	<h4><strong>Table 2: Sodium thiosulfate dilutions</strong></h4>
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		<tbody>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Target Concentration</strong></td>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Volume of 0.2 M sodium thiosulfate</strong></td>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Volume of DI water</strong></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.05 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">5 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">15 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.10 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">10 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">10 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.15 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">15 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">5 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0.20 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">20 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0 mL</td>
			</tr>
		</tbody>
	</table>
	<p><a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/50/Table_2._Sodium_thiosulfate_dilutions.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a></p>
	<h4><strong>Table 3: HCl Dilutions</strong></h4>
	<table border="1" fo:keep-together.within-page="1" fo:keep-with-next.within-page="always">
		<tbody>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Target Concentration</strong></td>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Volume of 6.0 M HCl</strong></td>
				<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Volume of DI water</strong></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">1.5 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">2.5 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">7.5 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">3.0 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">5.0 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">5.0 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">4.5 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">7.5 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">2.5 mL</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="text-align: center;">6.0 M</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">10 mL</td>
				<td style="text-align: center;">0 mL</td>
			</tr>
		</tbody>
	</table>
	<p><a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/50/Table_3._HCl_Dilutions.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 3</a></p>
	<p>Remember to use caution when handling HCl, which is toxic and highly corrosive. Sulfur dioxide, which is a gaseous product of this reaction, is also toxic. You will leave the reaction waste in the fume hood overnight to let the sulfur dioxide escape harmlessly.</p>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-6">
		<div class="lab-step">First, put on a lab coat, splash-proof safety glasses, and nitrile gloves.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Fill a plastic wash bottle with deionized water and get a test tube marked with an X.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Clamp the test tube over the center of a small stir plate. The label must be on the opposite side from you. Make sure that you can clearly see the X. Place a small magnetic stir bar in the test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-9">
		<div class="lab-step">Use a thermometer clamp to secure a glass thermometer in the lower third of the tube, keeping it clear of the X and the stir bar.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-10">
		<div class="lab-step">Cut a sheet of about 20 squares of plastic paraffin film from a roll and bring the sheet back to your hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-11">
		<div class="lab-step">Lay paper towels in the fume hood as a clean surface for labware to be reused.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-12">
		<div class="lab-step">Label a 600-mL beaker as &#8216;waste&#8217; for the reaction, a 100-mL beaker as &#8216;0.2 M sodium thiosulfate&#8217;, and a 50-mL beaker as &#8216;6 M HCl&#8217;.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-13">
		<div class="lab-step">Fill the 100-mL beaker with 0.2 M sodium thiosulfate from the stock bottle in the dispensing hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-14">
		<div class="lab-step">After that, bring the 50-mL beaker and a watch glass to the acid-dispensing hood to obtain 50 mL of 6 M HCl. Cover the filled beaker with the watch glass and bring your portion of HCl back to your hood.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-15">
		<div class="lab-step">Prepare 20 mL of 0.1 M sodium thiosulfate for the first benchmark trial. Use a 10-mL volumetric pipette to measure 10 mL of 0.2 M sodium thiosulfate and dispense it into a 20-mL volumetric flask. Fill the 20-mL volumetric flask with deionized water to the mark.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-16">
		<div class="lab-step">Then, cut a square of plastic paraffin film, seal the flask, and invert it several times to thoroughly mix the solution.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-17">
		<div class="lab-step">Remove the film and pour the solution into the test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-18">
		<div class="lab-step">Prepare 10 mL of 3 M HCl. Pipette 5 mL of 6 M HCl into a 10-mL graduated cylinder. Add deionized water to fill the graduated cylinder to the 10-mL line.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-19">
		<div class="lab-step">Seal the top of the graduated cylinder with plastic paraffin film and thoroughly mix the HCl solution by inverting it several times.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-20">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, start the stir motor and get a reset stopwatch. Confirm that you can see the X through the solution in the test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-21">
		<div class="lab-step">Simultaneously start the stopwatch and pour the 3 M HCl into the test tube.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-22">
		<div class="lab-step">Watch the X through the solution, which will start becoming cloudy when enough sulfur has been produced to saturate it. Stop the stopwatch exactly when the solution becomes so opaque that the X disappears.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-23">
		<div class="lab-step">Record the time in your lab notebook for benchmark trial 1 and then reset the stopwatch. Also, record the temperature of the solution.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-24">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, turn off the stir motor, remove the thermometer, and rinse it with deionized water into the waste beaker.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-25">
		<div class="lab-step">Then, empty the test tube into the waste beaker, retrieve the stir bar with long forceps, and rinse the test tube and stir bar with deionized water.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-26">
		<div class="lab-step">Thoroughly clean the test tube with a test tube brush. Briefly rinse the volumetric flask and graduated cylinder with deionized water as well. Dry everything with paper towels.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-27">
		<div class="lab-step">Repeat the trial in the exact same way for the second benchmark time. If the time is not within 3 - 5 s of the first trial, repeat the benchmark trial until you have two consistent trials.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-28">
		<div class="lab-step">Follow the same overall procedure for each subsequent trial, changing the dilutions as indicated in your table and cleaning your glassware between each trial. Use a 5-mL volumetric pipette as needed when measuring the sodium thiosulfate stock solution in trials four and five.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-29">
		<div class="lab-step">Once you have performed all eight trials, rinse your glassware and tools one last time and neutralize the reaction waste with baking soda. Use caution because sulfur dioxide is one of the reaction products.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-30">
		<div class="lab-step">Transfer the neutralized reaction waste to the designated waste container. Then, pour any remaining sodium thiosulfate solution into its labeled waste container and rinse the beaker with deionized water.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-31">
		<div class="lab-step">Neutralize any remaining HCl with baking soda before flushing it down the drain with tap water.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="1-32">
		<div class="lab-step">Finally, clean and put away your labware according to your standard practices and throw out any trash remaining in your hood. Your instructor will dispose of the reaction waste later.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results<button class="expand">Expand</button>
	<ul class="lab-items">
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-1">
		<div class="lab-step">Now, estimate the reaction order of sodium thiosulfate and HCl. Calculate the starting concentration of sodium thiosulfate in the reaction mixture for trials 1 through 5. Looking at the concentration of sodium thiosulfate and the reaction times, we see that as the concentration doubles, the time to opacity is halved.
		<h4><strong>Table 4: Estimating reaction order sodium thiosulfate</strong></h4>
		<table border="1" fo:keep-together.within-page="1" fo:keep-with-next.within-page="always">
			<tbody>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Trial</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>[Na<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>] added</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Na<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> volume (mL)</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Total volume (mL)</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>[Na<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>] in mixture </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Time (s)</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Inverse time (s<sup>-1</sup>)</strong></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">1, 2</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.1</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">3</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.2</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">4</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.15</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">5</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.05</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
			</tbody>
		</table>
		<a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/50/Table_4._Estimating_reaction_order_sodium_thiosulfate.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 4</a></div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-2">
		<div class="lab-step">Remember that each trial used the same volume, so it took the same amount of sulfur to make each solution opaque. Thus, the reaction is twice as fast when the sodium thiosulfate concentration is doubled.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-3">
		<div class="lab-step">When the concentration increases by a factor of 4, the reaction rate also increases by a factor of 4. This one-to-one relationship suggests that the reaction was first order for sodium thiosulfate. If so, we would expect a plot of rate versus sodium thiosulfate concentration to be linear.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-4">
		<div class="lab-step">We didn&#39;t measure how much sulfur it took to turn the solution opaque, but we assume that it was the same for each trial. This lets us use the inverse of time to opacity as a stand-in for the rate. The slope won&#39;t be equal to k, but that&#39;s OK for this lab.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-5">
		<div class="lab-step">Plot inverse reaction time as a function of sodium thiosulfate concentration. This confirms the linear relationship between sulfur production and thiosulfate concentration. Thus, the reaction seems to be first order with respect to thiosulfate.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-6">
		<div class="lab-step">Use the same method to estimate the reaction order of HCl. First, calculate the starting concentration of HCl in the benchmark trials and in trials 6 through 8.
		<h4><strong>Table 5: Estimating reaction order HCl</strong></h4>
		<table border="1" fo:keep-together.within-page="1" fo:keep-with-next.within-page="always">
			<tbody>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Trial</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>[HCl] added</strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>HCl volume (mL) </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Total volume (mL) </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>[HCl] in mixture </strong></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Time (s)</strong></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">1, 2</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.1</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">3</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.2</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">4</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.15</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td style="text-align: center;">5</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;">0.05</td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
					<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
				</tr>
			</tbody>
		</table>
		<a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/50/Table_5._Estimating_reaction_order_HCl.xlsx" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 5</a></div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-7">
		<div class="lab-step">Then, look at the concentration of HCl and the reaction times for these trials. The reaction times are nearly identical, so the HCl concentration has no effect on the reaction rate. This means that HCl seems to be zeroth order for this reaction.</div>
		</li>
		<li data-sub-note-item="2-8">
		<div class="lab-step">Lastly, add up the reaction orders of the reactants to get the overall reaction order.</div>
		</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ol>

Concentration Dependence and Reaction Order - Procedure

Source: Smaa Koraym at Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA

	Concentration DependenceExpand
	In this experiment, you will combine varying concentrations of ...

Sexual Selection and Mate Choice

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Sexual Selection Class Simulation
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">Note: In this activity, you and your classmates will portray a sexually reproducing population consisting of an equal number of male and female animals. You will simulate several different mating scenarios to determine how relative quality, attractiveness, sex, and parental commitment affect mate choice and reproductive success. The goal of this activity is to maximize your progeny. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Hypotheses: There are several overall hypotheses for female and male behavior for this activity. The main experimental hypothesis for female behavior is that females will mate with males of high quality more frequently than those of low quality, yielding a higher reproductive success. The null hypothesis is that females will not demonstrate preference towards high- or low-quality males in any of the four rounds of mating. For males, one experimental hypothesis is that males with a higher visible score will have greater reproductive success. Another could be that males will be more selective for females in scenarios in which they join females to care for offspring as opposed to scenarios in which they exhibit no parental commitment. The null hypothesis for male behavior might be that males will not demonstrate preference towards high- or low-quality females in any of the four rounds of mating. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Activity Overview: To begin, each student will be assigned a sex as well as a relative quality and attractiveness score. Remember - the goal is to maximize your reproductive success in each round. You do this by mating with partners of the highest possible quality which is rated on a scale of one to three with three being the highest possible score. Attractiveness scores, which follow the previously described scoring paradigm, correlate with quality but do not exactly predict the score. Though useful, they are not a perfect way to choose the best mate.  If you are assigned a male ID holder, you will have 16 gametes. However, if you are assigned a female ID holder, you will only have four. A successful mating occurs when one sperm and one egg are paper-clipped together and deposited at the fertilization area. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Note - Rules of the activity: 
<ul>
	<li>Assigned male and female identities for these experiments are not representative of students&#39; personal gender identities. </li>
	<li>Running is not permitted. </li>
	<li>Talking is not permitted.</li>
	<li>Hidden values cannot be shared but individuals can attempt to hide their visible scores. </li>
	<li>Respect the space around each individual and remain an arm&#39;s length away. </li>
	<li>Offspring will only be counted towards an individual score if both gametes are paper-clipped together and dropped off in the designated fertilization area before the end of the two-minute round. </li>
</ul>
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Round 1 &#8211; Hidden Quality Score
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">To begin the first simulation, take the clip-on ID holder you were randomly assigned and make sure it contains four gametes if you are assigned female or sixteen gametes if male. Males should also have a strip of white paper and two paperclips. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Next, males should paperclip the white strip of paper over their quality score to hide it, but keep the attractiveness score visible. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Record your ID number for round one in table two.  <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/35/Table_2_sexual_selection.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Next, clip on the ID holder and move to the designated mating area. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">When the instructor says begin, you may commence the mating simulation. You will have exactly two minutes to produce as many offspring as possible. Males may freely give their sperm to females, and females may choose to use these sperm immediately after which they would walk to the fertilization area and paperclip it to one of their eggs, or they may choose to wait until they receive other sperm to do so. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">Once the gametes have been deposited in the fertilization area, females may resume mating. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">When the two minutes have elapsed, all matings must stop and any gametes not in the fertilization area at this time will not be counted. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">The instructor should now tally all of the matings and record the numbers of the individuals who produced each offspring.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-9"><div class="lab-step">Now, find all the gametes that came with your ID holder and repackage them for the next round. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Round 2 &#8211; Hidden Attractiveness Score
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">For the second round, obtain a new randomly assigned ID holder and again ensure it contains the proper number of gametes. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">Next, males should use the paperclip and strip of white paper to hide their attractiveness score (instead of the quality score, which was covered in round one).
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Record the ID number of your clip in table two under round two.  Note: The mating simulation process for round two will be the same as round one.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">Move to the designated mating area and with for the instructor to signal the start of the round. As before, males may freely give away their sperm while females will choose to use it now or wait for different sperm. When a female decides to fertilize an egg, she will walk to the fertilization area and paperclip the gametes together. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">Proceed with the simulation for two minutes, and at the signal from the instructor all mating activity should stop. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-6"><div class="lab-step">The instructor should now tally all of the matings from this second round.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-7"><div class="lab-step">Now, find and return the gametes to your ID holder, and then return the holder to the instructor.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="4" data-parent-collapse="">Round 3 &#8211; Visible Quality and Attractiveness Scores
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="4-1"><div class="lab-step">For the third simulation, you should again obtain a new clip-on ID holder and check that it contains the appropriate number of gametes. Record the ID number of your clip in table two.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-2"><div class="lab-step">For this round, leave both attractiveness and quality scores visible on male IDs. Note: The mating simulation process for round three will be the same as the previous two rounds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-3"><div class="lab-step">Move to the mating area and wait for the signal to begin the simulation.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-4"><div class="lab-step">Once the instructor starts the timer and gives the signal, commence mating. As before, males are allowed to freely give away their sperm to females and females may use the sperm immediately or wait for different sperm. Again, fertilized eggs only count if placed in the fertilization area. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-5"><div class="lab-step">After the two-minute time limit, the instructor should tally all matings. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-6"><div class="lab-step">Now, find and return the gametes to your ID holder, and then return the holder to the instructor.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="5" data-parent-collapse="">Round 4 &#8211; Increased Male Parental Care
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="5-1"><div class="lab-step">In the final round, males will again leave their attractiveness and quality scores visible. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-2"><div class="lab-step">Obtain an ID holder and ensure it contains the appropriate number of gametes. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-3"><div class="lab-step">Clip on the ID holder and move to the mating area. Note: As before, males may freely give away their sperm to females. However, in this round, once a female chooses to mate with a male, both the male and female will walk to the fertilization area to paperclip their gametes together. After placing the paper-clipped gametes on the table, both male and female actors may return to the mating area. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-4"><div class="lab-step">The instructor should signal the start of the round and begin the timer &#8211; at this point participants can begin the simulation.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-5"><div class="lab-step">Once the two-minute time limit is up, all matings must stop. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-6"><div class="lab-step">The instructor should tally all mating events.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-7"><div class="lab-step">Find and return the gametes to your ID holder. Give your ID holder to the instructor and notify them if any gametes or supplies are missing. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="6" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="6-1"><div class="lab-step">To analyze the data generated during the mating activities, first split up into groups of four. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-2"><div class="lab-step">Collect the class data from the instructor for ONE of the four rounds of mating. Note: In this activity, there were several types of females and males distinguished by different letters. These letter types correspond to specific combinations of quality and attractiveness scores. In the compiled data, the average number of matings and reproductive success has already been sorted by letter type for you by the instructor. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-3"><div class="lab-step">Use these data to generate four graphs for the round you were assigned. First plot two graphs for the average number of matings against female and male type. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-4"><div class="lab-step">Then plot the reproductive success for males and females against male or female type, giving a total of four graphs.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-5"><div class="lab-step">Once these graphs are complete, each group should present their data to the class, making sure to state the original hypothesis for your assigned round and whether or not the hypothesis was upheld.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-6"><div class="lab-step">After each group presents, discuss the overall results of the four rounds together. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-7"><div class="lab-step">Note the affect that hiding the quality score had on the overall quality of mates chosen.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-8"><div class="lab-step">Note how hiding or revealing the attractiveness score affected the results.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="6-9"><div class="lab-step">Discuss the effect of male parental investment on the number and overall quality of mating pairs.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Sexual Selection Class Simulation
ExpandNote: In this activity, you and your classmates will portray a sexually reproducing population consisting of an ...

Biology

Ecology

Animal Behavior

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Making Choice Chambers
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">Before beginning the experiments, use one of the Sharpies from the lab table to trace a line around the circumference of the bottom of both bottles. One line should be 1 cm from the base of the bottle and the other should be 1.5 cm from the base of the bottle.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Use a razor blade to make a small cut in each bottle at the mark. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Then, insert the scissors and carefully cut along the line until the bottoms of the bottles are removed completely.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Fit one bottle bottom into the other.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Tape the bottles together to make a secure chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Use the razor blade and scissors to poke a hole into the center of the chamber. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Take a piece of tape and fold the edge onto itself to make a tab and place the tape over the hole.  Note: The tab helps with easy removal and reattachment of the tape to the chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Use the Sharpie to label one side of the chamber A and the other side B.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Upon receiving the colony of <em>Drosophila</em>, perform a count to make sure there are 40 living individuals in the vial.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Geotaxis
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">To perform a geotaxis assay, first attach a clean, empty bottle cap to each end of the choice chamber and turn the fly vial upside down onto its lid.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Open the tape flap in the center of the choice chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Insert the funnel into the hole and tap all of the flies into the chamber. HYPOTHESES: The alternate hypothesis is that more flies will be moving against gravity, or up, regardless of the orientation of the choice chamber. Alternatively, if the flies are positively geotactic, then more flies will move down, or with gravity. The null hypothesis is that the flies will have no preference with regard to gravity and will move randomly within the chamber. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Once the <em>Drosophila</em> are in the chamber, close the tape flap, rotate the chamber so that it stands vertically with side A on the bottom, and start the timer.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Immediately, count the number of <em>Drosophila</em> that are moving up and the number that are moving down. Record these data for time point 0 in the table. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">After 30 seconds, rotate the chamber so that side B is on the bottom and count the number of <em>Drosophila</em> that are moving up or down. Record these data for time point 30 in the table.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">After 60 seconds, rotate the chamber so that side A is on the bottom again and record the number of moving flies for time point 60.  <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/15/Table_1_Animal_behavior.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Hold the chamber over the fly vial and carefully open the cap to return all of the <em>Drosophila</em> back to their empty vial. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Phototaxis
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">To perform a phototaxis analysis, first cover side A of the choice chamber with tin foil, taking care that the foil reaches to the exact center between the two sides. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">Ensure the caps are secured on both ends of the chamber.  HYPOTHESES: In this exercise, the alternative hypothesis is that more flies will be found in the light side of the choice chamber, if the flues are attracted to light, or on the dark side if they are repelled by light. The null hypothesis is that <em>Drosophila</em> will have no preference with regard to either stimulus. Therefore, equal numbers of flies will be found on either side of the choice chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Open the tape flap in the center of the choice chamber, insert the funnel into the hole, and tap all 40 flies into the chamber as previously described.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">Set the timer to sound an alarm at 10 minutes.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">When the alarm sounds, stop the timer, and count the number of flies in the open side B of the chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-6"><div class="lab-step">Subtract that number from the total number of flies added to the choice chamber to calculate the number of flies in the covered side A.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-7"><div class="lab-step">Record these data in the table for time point 10.  <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/15/Table_2_Animal_behavior.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-8"><div class="lab-step">Carefully, return all of the flies back to their empty vial.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="4" data-parent-collapse="">Chemotaxis
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="4-1"><div class="lab-step">HYPOTHESES: In this exercise, the alternative hypothesis is that more flies will be found on the side of the chamber with the apple cider vinegar if the flies are attracted to the odor. Or, if the flies are repelled by the vinegar, then more of them will be found on the side of the chamber presenting the odorless water. The null hypothesis is that <em>Drosophila</em> will have no preference with regard to either stimulus and will move randomly in the chamber.  Use an individual disposable plastic pipette to dispense two drops of the apple cider vinegar onto one cotton ball for side A of the chamber. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-2"><div class="lab-step">Use an individual disposable plastic pipette to dispense two drops of the distilled water onto a cotton ball for side B of the chamber. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-3"><div class="lab-step">Fold two pieces of tape over themselves to create individual pieces of double-sided tape and use the tape to attach each cotton ball to the inside of the single bottle cap.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-4"><div class="lab-step">Screw the bottle caps with the cotton balls onto their corresponding sides of the chamber.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-5"><div class="lab-step">Transfer all of the flies into the chamber and set the timer to sound an alarm after 10 minutes. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-6"><div class="lab-step">When the alarm sounds, stop the timer and record the number of flies in each side of the chamber. <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/15/Table_3_Animal_behavior.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="__blank">Click Here to download Table 3</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-7"><div class="lab-step">At the end of the final experiment, funnel the flies into a morgue tube containing 70% ethanol. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="4-8"><div class="lab-step">Dismantle the choice chambers for recycling.  NOTE: Since all of the chemicals used in these experiments are lab safe, the liquids can be disposed of down the sink, the chambers rinsed, and the solids can be thrown away in the trash. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="5" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="5-1"><div class="lab-step">Gather all of the data collected for the geotaxis, phototaxis, and chemotaxis experiments.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-2"><div class="lab-step">Plot these values as bar graphs for different conditions and different time points.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="5-3"><div class="lab-step">Use these data to draw inferences about the behavior of <em>drosophila melanogaster</em>. 
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Animal Behavior: Studying Taxis Behavior of Drosophila - Procedure

Making Choice Chambers
ExpandBefore beginning the experiments, use one of the Sharpies from the lab table to trace a line around the circumference of the ...

Extinction

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Diversity and Extinction during the Paleogene Epoch
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">Begin this procedure by reading the extinction reading supplement that has been printed out for you. <br /><strong>NOTE:</strong> Alternatively, you may download the reading supplement at the link below.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/24/Lab_20_Reading Supplement.docx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click here to download the extinction reading supplement</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Using the information contained in the extinction reading supplements pertaining to the taxa of interest and the Chicxulub impact event, make predictions for each taxon listed in Table 1. Consider whether diversity in each taxon increased, decreased, or stayed the same immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary and later on in the Paleogene epoch. <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/24/Table_1_Extinction.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Then, fill out the reasons for each of your predictions in the Contributing Factors column. HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that many of the different taxa will show changes in diversity after the Cretaceous-Paleogene event, and again at the end of the Paleogene, with some increasing in diversity, while others decrease. The null hypothesis is that there will be no changes in diversity between taxa following the Cretaceous-Paleogene event, or at the end of the Paleogene.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Gather diversity data by going to the Paleobiology Database: <a href="http://www.paleobiodb.org" target="_blank">www.paleobiodb.org</a>.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">In the center of the screen, click the yellow box labeled Download Data. Under the italicized heading, &#8220;What do you want to download?&#8221;, select Diversity over time on the left side and Comma-separated values on the right side.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Scroll down to the heading &#8220;Select by taxonomy&#8221;.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">In the first box labeled 'Taxon or taxa to include', type in the name of the taxon that data is being gathered on.  NOTE: Ensure the spelling is correct.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Now, go to the dropdown menu right below that box labeled &#8220;Taxonomic resolution&#8221;, and select genera.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Under the next heading, Select by time, type Maastrichtian into the first box and Chattian in the box directly below. Make sure the dropdown menu labeled Time rule is set to major and the Temporal resolution is set to stage.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Select &#8220;Assume extant taxa range through to present&#8221;. Scroll back up to the middle of the page and click download. A save window will open.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">Save the .csv file to a safe and accessible place and rename it to make it easy to identify.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Open the file and scroll down to the main dataset under Records.  NOTE: The data are arranged in reverse time order by geological stage. The second column, interval_name, gives the accepted name of the stage in question. The next two columns give the appropriate dates of the stage in millions of years before the present. The final column, number of occurrences, gives a total count of the genera extant during that geological stage as determined from occurrence of fossils.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">To more easily work with this data, copy and paste each column into a new sheet. Be sure to label this sheet with the taxon in question, the data and time the data were obtained, and the data source.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Repeat this process for each of the taxa in Table 1 (steps 4 &#8211; 12). NOTE: Data from multiple taxa can be kept on the same sheet, so long as they are kept distinct and labeled appropriately.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">To create line plots for each of the taxa showing the change in diversity over time, select the max_ma column and the number of occurrences column simultaneously.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">In Excel, select Insert from the top toolbar and find the section labeled Charts. Select the bottom center icon, Insert Scatter Chart.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Then, select the Scatter with Straight Lines and Markers and a graph should appear. NOTE: Since the axis of this graph is in units of millions of years ago, the axis is in the reverse direction of time when put in numerical order.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">To fix this, click on the green plus sign in the top-right corner of the graph and hover over Axes. This should reveal a small black arrow. Click the arrow to open up a small menu and select More Options.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">This will open the Axis Options menu. Under Axis Options, click the box next to Values in reverse order. NOTE: It is also possible to change the axis scales from this menu, which can be used to eliminate the excess time that is not being analyzed in this lab. Keep any changes consistent between different graphs.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">Double-click on the title at the top of the graph and change it to the taxon being represented.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-21"><div class="lab-step">Make a separate graph for each of the taxa in Table 1. Keep them organized and in one location. A separate sheet for graphs is recommended.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">For each graph, identify the location of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary and draw a vertical line through the graph at this point.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Using the information from the graphs, fill out Table 2. In some cases, it may be helpful to go back to the original dataset and compare actual values, particularly when they are small. <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/24/Table_2_Extinction.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Compare these values to the predictions made in Table 1 and discuss if the original contributing factors are still likely candidates.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Using the dataset, calculate the percentage of total taxa that went extinct over the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary using this equation.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">There is an event in the middle of the Paleogene known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum about 55.5 million years ago. This represents a high point in temperature during the Paleogene epoch at approximately 8 &#176;C higher than today&#39;s average temperature. Does this point seem to have an effect on diversity for any of the taxa? If yes, then which ones?
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Extinction: Diversity and Extinction during the Paleogene Epoch - Procedure

Diversity and Extinction during the Paleogene Epoch
ExpandBegin this procedure by reading the extinction reading supplement that has been printed out for ...

Group Behavior

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">The Hawk-Dove Game
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: In this activity, you will play the hawk and dove game with a single partner and then with multiple partners to observe hypothetical costs and benefits of the antagonist or cooperative behavior respectively. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Before the activity starts, review the cost-benefit table so that you understand how to score the game. <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/33/Table_1_Group_behavior.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis for this exercise could be that the dove strategy will become more frequent between repeated partners, and the hawk strategy will become more frequent when interactions are with a variety of partners. The null hypothesis could be that there will be no change in strategy over time with repeat or different partner combinations. NOTE: Benefit can be determined by looking at the left column and choosing the row that corresponds to the card you played. The box that corresponds to the choice of your partner can be found in the top row. For the purposes of this game, B equals four and C equals three. So depending on the cards played, player one here, which is you, would gain a score of two, four, zero or one half. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Collect a set of two game cards. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Take out the cards labeled hawk and dove and place them face down on the table or conceal them in your hands. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">When the instructor gives the signal show either of the two cards to the student sitting across from you. Try to strategize how to receive the highest benefit from every interaction on your own but do not communicate with your partner. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">In the Single Partner Recording Table (Table 2) provided by your instructor, note the cards played as well as the benefit you received for that round.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">Repeat showing cards to the same partner and determining benefit on your instructor&#39;s signal for a total of 15 rounds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">At the end of those rounds, the student with the highest total benefit value was determined to be the &#8220;winner&#8221;, or the most fit.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">As a class, determine the percentages of hawks and doves played as well as the average benefit received for each round, using this formula: Class average benefit=(sum total benefit)/(number of players)
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">For the second game, and then for each round of play, one row of students should rotate to their right, leaving all players with a new partner.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Continue playing for 15 rounds or until students end up back in their starting positions, recording the data in the Multiple Partner Recording Table (Table 3) given to you by your instructor.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">For each round, determine the percentages of hawks and doves played that round, as well as the average benefit received.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Cheating and Cooperation Exercise
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: In this activity, you will exchange benefits, represented by colored or similar items, with your classmates. In this simulation, a cheater is defined as a person who gives fewer benefits than they receive. During this activity, you will observe the frequency of cheating behavior over time. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">HYPOTHESES: The experimental hypothesis is that cheaters will receive fewer benefits over time and cooperators will continue to provide equal benefits to one another. The null hypothesis is that the frequency of cheaters and cooperators does not change over time. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Each person should collect beads of one color to represent a tangible benefit, as well as one paper bag and a three-ring binder.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Get into a group of three so that all members have objects of the same color.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Now find another group with a different color to pair with. In each round, partners will exchange benefits without knowing what they are receiving from their partner and without discussion within their group.  NOTE: Benefits of a different color from your starting color are worth twice as much.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">Turn face to face with a member from the other group while still being able to conceal the objects in your possession.  TIP:<strong> </strong>Setting up a screen using a notebook or sitting behind a desk can be helpful here.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">When given a signal from the instructor, place zero to two benefits into the paper bag and pass it to your partner.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Simultaneously, receive the bag from your partner and then remove the benefits from the bag.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-9"><div class="lab-step">Make a note of how many benefits you gave away and how many you received in the Cheating and Cooperation Table (Table 4) provided by your instructor.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-10"><div class="lab-step">Turn to a new member from the other group and repeat the exchange.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-11"><div class="lab-step">Rotate through all of the members of the other group for as many rounds as the instructor determines - which will not be revealed until the game ends so as not to alter player behavior.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-12"><div class="lab-step">Once the game has ended, note for each round in the cheating and cooperation table whether you gave more than your partner, received more from them or if you gave the same amount.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-13"><div class="lab-step">Now total up all of the benefits in your possession, with benefits you&#39;ve received from the other group being worth twice as much.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-14"><div class="lab-step">For each round, the whole class should total up the number of cheaters - with cheaters defined as those who gave less than they received.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="3" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="3-1"><div class="lab-step">For both the single partner hawk-dove game and the multiple partners hawk-dove game, use the whole class data to plot the percentages as two separate lines - one for the percentage of hawks, and one for the percentage of doves, for each of the 15 rounds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-2"><div class="lab-step">Take note of whether the cards played changed as more rounds were played.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-3"><div class="lab-step">Manipulate the values for B and C to see if you can find the point at which values of B and C would render the hawk strategy no longer effective (this would be the point when there is no benefit to choosing the hawk strategy over always choosing the dove strategy).
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-4"><div class="lab-step">As a class, use the data from the cheating and cooperation activity to make a graph showing the percentage of rounds each individual player cheated versus the amount of benefits they ended with.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-5"><div class="lab-step">Consider whether it is better to be a cheater or a cooperator in this scenario and discuss as a class what makes this scenario different from the hawk-dove game.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-6"><div class="lab-step">Now, use the class data to graph the percentage of cheaters against the number of rounds, and look for any trends over time.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-7"><div class="lab-step">Consider which type of strategy would most likely evolve in a setting where partners interact repeatedly.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-8"><div class="lab-step">Then, note which tactic might be beneficial for a species that relies on cooperation. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="3-9"><div class="lab-step">Discuss as a class what would likely happen if you increased or decreased the relative value of the benefits you receive.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

Group Behavior: Hawk-Dove Game and Trading Exercise - Procedure

The Hawk-Dove Game
ExpandNOTE: In this activity, you will play the hawk and dove game with a single partner and then with multiple partners to observe ...

Optimal Foraging

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Simulating Foraging with Artificial Habitats and Prey
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">NOTE: The foragers will hunt for prey represented by pinto beans in four buckets of rice with varying prey densities. Without knowing what these densities are, foragers must obtain as many prey items as possible in as little time as possible. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">HYPOTHESES: In this experiment, the experimental hypothesis could be that foragers will catch the most prey in the higher prey density bucket and also spend the most time foraging there.  The null hypothesis would then be that foragers will catch an equal number of prey in each bucket and that foragers will spend an equal amount of time foraging in each patch. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">To begin the foraging activity, record the names and role of each participant at the top of the student data collection sheet.  NOTE: Before starting the experiment, the forager is allowed to become familiar with the foraging process &#8211; the following steps are a practice round. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">The forager should kneel or sit in front of the average density bucket. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Once the timer says start, the forager may begin looking for the pinto beans representing the prey. The forager can spend as much time as they like foraging in this bucket. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">Once a prey item is located, the forager must signal that one has been found and place the prey in the cup next to the bucket.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Once they believe they have acquired most of the prey in the patch, they should tell the timer to stop the time and the practice round is over. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">To begin the simulation proper, the forager should sit or kneel in front of bucket A. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">The timer must be ready to start the stopwatch. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">The recorder should be ready to record the time each prey item is located, in addition to the time that the forager arrived at and left each bucket. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">When all parties are ready, the timer should start the stopwatch and say &#8220;start&#8221;,  and the forager should begin foraging. NOTE: The stopwatch will run through the rest of the round for buckets B and C.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">As the forager signals finding pinto beans and places them in the cup next to the bucket, the timer should tell the recorder the time.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">The recorder should then write the time in the student data collection sheet.  <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/34/Table_1_Optimal_foraging.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 1</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Once the forager has decided to move on to the next bucket, they should tell the timer &#8220;done&#8221;, and begin moving to the next patch. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">The recorder should record the time the forager left and the time they arrived at bucket B in the student data collection sheet.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Repeat the same procedure for buckets B and C. Once the forager has completed the activity, it is time for the next forager to begin using the same procedure. 
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Results
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">Before performing any data analysis, review the data collection sheet and compile your individual data for captured prey, foraging time, and travel time for each bucket in your student calculations table. <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/34/Table_2_Optimal_foraging.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 2</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">After this, calculate your individual capture rate for each bucket by dividing the number of prey captured by the sum of the foraging time and travel time and record these values in your table. Individual capture rate =  Number of prey captured / (foraging time + travel time)
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">To calculate your Giving-Up-Time or a GUT for each bucket, subtract the time that the last prey item was acquired from the time you left the bucket.  GUT = time forager left bucket  -  time last prey item acquired
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Next, calculate the mean GUT for your foraging group and record the values in your table.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-5"><div class="lab-step">Finally, calculate your scaled GUT for each bucket by dividing the bucket GUT by your group&#39;s mean GUT. Scaled GUT =  Bucket GUT / Group mean GUT NOTE: The scaled GUT will allow class data to be pooled later on without differences in individual foragers skewing the data. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-6"><div class="lab-step">The instructor should now compile the data into the classroom spreadsheet.  <a href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/34/Table_3_Optimal_foraging.xlsx" style="display:block;margin:20px;" target="_blank">Click Here to download Table 3</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-7"><div class="lab-step">Plot a bar graph of the average number of prey collected in each bucket. On the x-axis, A should represent the low prey density bucket, B should represent the medium prey density bucket, and C the high prey density bucket. Plot the y-axis as the number of prey items caught. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-8"><div class="lab-step">Next, plot the graph of the class average scaled GUT, where the x-axis represents the buckets with varying levels of prey density and the y-axis shows the values for the average scaled GUT. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-9"><div class="lab-step">Plot a third graph of the average time spent foraging in each bucket. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-10"><div class="lab-step">Now review the Marginal Value Theorem (MVT) from the concepts video and examine the three graphs that you generated from your class data. Take note of whether the graphs conform to the predictions of MVT. 
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Optimal Foraging: Foraging with Artificial Habitats and Prey - Procedure

Simulating Foraging with Artificial Habitats and Prey
ExpandNOTE: The foragers will hunt for prey represented by pinto beans in four buckets of rice with ...

Artificial Selection

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Observing Artificial Selection in Plants 
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">To begin the experiment, collect five two-week old grown plants from the generation one population that appear healthy. Note: Plants should appear green, not wilted, and not have damaged leaves. Experimental Hypothesis: The experimental hypothesis for this lab might be that the number of lead trichomes varies naturally, but the average number will increase over generations if only plants with the highest number of trichomes are interbred or decrease if those with the least are interbred. Null Hypothesis: The null hypothesis might be that the average number of trichomes will not change over subsequent generations after artificial selection.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Label each plant with a letter from A to E and with both partners&#8217; names.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Record any natural differences you see between your plant samples. Note: All of the plants are the same age, so any observed variation is due to expressed phenotype, not development.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Use a hand lens to count the number of trichomes found on the petiole of the lowest leaf, not including the round, first-grown cotyledons for each plant. Note: It can be helpful to shine a light onto the plant and to hold it against a dark background, such as a lab bench, during the trichome analysis. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-5"><div class="lab-step">Both partners will conduct counts on each plant independently and compare answers. If the counts are different, enlist a third counter or take the average of the two results.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-6"><div class="lab-step">After this, determine the median number of trichomes for the entire class.  <a target="__blank" style="display:block;padding:20px;" href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/2/Lab_2_Table_A.xlsx">Click Here to download Table A</a>
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-7"><div class="lab-step">Determine the top and bottom 10% of the plants from the class trichome count. These groups will make up the two artificially selected lines: high hairiness and low hairiness, respectively.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-8"><div class="lab-step">If more than 10% of the plants have no trichomes, select 10% of those plants randomly for the low hairiness plant line.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-9"><div class="lab-step">Separate the two groups of selected plants and label them clearly.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-10"><div class="lab-step">Move the plants to a well-lit area and keep them well watered until they develop flowers. Note: Flowers typically develop around 14 days.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-11"><div class="lab-step">When the flowers are fully developed, use a pollination wand or paintbrush to rub the stigma and anther of one plant&#8217;s flowers for a few seconds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-12"><div class="lab-step">Using the same wand or brush, rub the inside of each flower of every other plant in the same selection line.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-13"><div class="lab-step">Using a different wand or brush, repeat steps 11 through 12 on the other line. Note: Take care not to cross the lines. Spread the pollen only among the appropriately selected plants.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-14"><div class="lab-step">Return the generation one plants to the growing areas. When the plants reach approximately 1 month old, they should produce mature seed pods.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-15"><div class="lab-step">Allow the plants to dry out once the seed pods turn yellow.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-16"><div class="lab-step">Break the seed pods open and collect the seeds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-17"><div class="lab-step">Obtain new pots for the generation two seeds.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-18"><div class="lab-step">Fill the pots with moist potting soil about halfway and add a fertilizer pellet to each pot.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-19"><div class="lab-step">Fill the pots with more soil to fill just below the lip.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-20"><div class="lab-step">Make a shallow depression in the soil of each pot with a probe.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-21"><div class="lab-step">Touch a clean toothpick to a gluestick and use the toothpick to transplant the seeds into the soil one by one.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-22"><div class="lab-step">Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-23"><div class="lab-step">Label the pots with their hairiness line and place them in the designated growing area.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-24"><div class="lab-step">Use a plastic dropper to water the plants as needed to ensure they do not dry out.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-25"><div class="lab-step">When the plants are two weeks old, collect five plants from each line and label them A to E.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-26"><div class="lab-step">Then, count the trichomes on these plants as previously described (steps 4- 5).
<a target="__blank" style="display:block;padding:20px;" href="https://www.jove.com/CDNSource/lm/labs/2/Lab_2_Table_B.xlsx">Click Here to download Table B</a>
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Data Analysis
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">Create a frequency graph based on the generation one class data with the trichome count on the x axis and the number of plants on the y axis. Label the mean. 
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Then, create frequency graphs for both of the selected hairiness lines.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Compare the frequency graphs for generation one and both hairiness lines.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Take note of phenotypic shifts observed in the selected hairiness lines.
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Artificial Selection: Visualization in Plants and Data Analysis - Procedure

Observing Artificial Selection in Plants 
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