The book has a lot of experiments in it, organized in a reasonable way, with complete instructions on everything. I would prefer to see more graphics illustrating the procedures and materials, but there are illustrations and they are good. I would just like more. The 30 or so experiments (parsed out into a much larger number of procedures) is targeted towards middle and high school students and in particular, home schoolers, but also hobbyists. The Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science) is designed to be used along side a biology text.

One of the best ways to evaluate a book like this may be to look at the Table of Contents. So, here it is, unformatted:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Using this Book with Your Curriculum
Planning and Scheduling
Work Areas
Maintaining a Laboratory Notebook
Chapter 2 Equipping a Home Biology Laboratory
Microscopes and Accessories
Microscope Accessories
Culturing Equipment and Supplies
Histology Equipment and Supplies
General Laboratory Equipment
Major Equipment
Prepared Slides
Specimens
Chapter 3 Laboratory Safety
Prepare Properly
Dress Properly
Avoid Laboratory Hazards
Don’t Do Stupid Things
Chapter 4 Using a Microscope
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure I-1-1: A Microscope Tour
Build a Darkfield Apparatus from Pocket Change
Review Questions
Chapter 5 Mounting Specimens
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure I-2-1: Making Wet Mounts
Procedure I-2-2: Making Smear Mounts
Procedure I-2-3: Making Hanging Drop Mounts
Procedure I-2-4: Making Sectional Mounts
Review Questions
Chapter 6 Staining
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure I-3-1: Simple Staining
Procedure I-3-2: Gram Staining
Review Questions
Chapter 7 Building and Observing Microcosms
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure II-1-1: Gathering Materials
Procedure II-1-2: Building Aquarium Microcosms
Procedure II-1-3: Building Winogradsky Column Microcosms
Procedure II-1-4: Observing Winogradsky Column Microcosms
Review Questions
Chapter 8 Observing Succession in Aquarium Microcosms
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure II-2-1: Observe Succession in Microcosms
Review Questions
Chapter 9 Observing the Effects of Pollution in Microcosms
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure II-3-1: Build Polluted Microcosms
Procedure II-3-2: Observe Succession in Polluted Microcosms
Review Questions
Chapter 10 Acids, Bases, and Buffers
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-1-1: Percentage and Molar Concentrations
Procedure III-1-2: Effect of Concentration on pH
Procedure III-1-3: pH of Household Materials
Procedure III-1-4: Buffers
Review Questions
Chapter 11 Carbohydrates and Lipids
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-2-1: Investigating Sugars
Procedure III-2-2: Investigating Starches
Procedure III-2-3: Investigating Lipids
Review Questions
Chapter 12 Proteins, Enzymes, and Vitamins
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-3-1: Investigating Proteins
Procedure III-3-2: Investigating Enzyme Catalysis
Procedure III-3-3: Assaying Vitamin C Concentration in Urine
Review Questions
Chapter 13 Coacervates
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-4-1: Prepare and Observe a Coacervate
Review Questions
Chapter 14 Extracting, Isolating, and Visualizing DNA
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-5-1: Extracting and Visualizing DNA
Review Questions
Chapter 15 Build a Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-6-1: Making the Gel Casting Container and Comb
Procedure III-6-2: Assemble the Apparatus
Chapter 16 Simulated DNA Separation by Gel Electrophoresis
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure III-7-1: Prepare Running Buffer
Procedure III-7-2: Prepare and Cast the Gel
Procedure III-7-3: Load and Run the Dye Specimens
Review Questions
Chapter 17 Chlorophyll and Photosynthesis
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure IV-1-1: Observing Carbon Dioxide Uptake
Procedure IV-1-2: Determining the Effect of Light Intensity on Photosynthesis
Procedure IV-1-3: Chromatography of Plant Pigments and Locating Cellular Energy Reserves
Review Questions
Chapter 18 Investigating Osmosis
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure IV-2-1: Observing Osmosis in Chicken Eggs
Review Questions
Chapter 19 Investigating Cell Division
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure IV-3-1: Observing Mitosis
Review Questions
Chapter 20 Sampling Plant Populations in a Community
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure V-1-1: Choosing and Preparing the Survey Area
Procedure V-1-2: Surveying the Plant Community
Procedure V-1-3: Performing a Population Count
Review Questions
Chapter 21 Observing the Effect of Rhizobia on Plant Growth
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure V-2-1: Grow Lima Beans With and Without Rhizobia
Review Questions
Chapter 22 Air Pollution Testing
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure V-3-1: Building Particle Traps
Procedure V-3-2: Positioning and Exposing the Particle Traps
Procedure V-3-3: Counting and Identifying Particles
Review Questions
Chapter 23 Soil and Water Pollution Testing
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure V-4-1: Obtaining Soil and Water Specimens
Procedure V-4-2: Testing the Reagents
Procedure V-4-3: Making Boron Concentration Comparison Standards
Procedure V-4-4: Testing Specimens for Boron
Review Questions
Chapter 24 Exploring Mendelian Genetics
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VI-1-1: Testing Subjects for the Ability to Taste PTC
Procedure VI-1-2: Charting Inheritance of PTC-Tasting Ability
Review Questions
Chapter 25 Observing Specialized Eukaryotic Cells
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VII-1-1: Observing Onion Epidermal and Elodea Leaf Cells
Procedure VII-1-2: Comparing and Contrasting Eukaryotic Cells
Review Questions
Chapter 26 Preparing Culturing Media
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VII-2-1: Preparing Normal Saline and Nutrient Media
Review Questions
Chapter 27 Culturing Bacteria
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VII-3-1: Staining and Observing the Original Culture
Procedure VII-3-2: Inoculating Plates and Tubes
Procedure VII-3-3: Producing Pure Cultures
Review Questions
Chapter 28 Investigating Bacterial Antibiotic Sensitivity
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VII-4-1: Testing Antibiotic Sensitivity
Procedure VII-4-2: Culturing an Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Strain
Procedure VII-4-3: Retesting Sensitivity of the Resistant Strain
Review Questions
Chapter 29 Investigating Protista
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure VIII-1-1: Observing Spirogyrae
Procedure VIII-1-2: Observing Euglenae
Procedure VIII-1-3: Observing Amoebae
Procedure VIII-1-4: Observing Paramecia
Review Questions
Chapter 30 Investigating Fungi
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure IX-1-1: Observing Zygomycota
Procedure IX-1-2: Observing Ascomycota
Procedure IX-1-3: Observing Basidiomycota
Review Questions
Chapter 31 Investigating Simple Plants: Mosses and Ferns
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure X-1-1: Observing Moss Structures
Procedure X-1-2: Observing Fern Structures
Review Questions
Chapter 32 Investigating Seed Plants
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure X-2-1: Observing Germination of a Seed Plant
Procedure X-2-2: Observing Root Structures
Procedure X-2-3: Observing Stem Structures
Procedure X-2-4: Observing Leaf Structures
Procedure X-2-5: Observing Reproductive Structures
Review Questions
Chapter 33 Investigating Porifera and Cnidaria
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure XI-1-1: Observing Porifera
Procedure XI-1-2: Observing Cnidaria
Review Questions
Chapter 34 Investigating Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, and Annelida
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure XI-2-1: Observing Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
Procedure XI-2-2: Observing Nematoda (Roundworms)
Procedure XI-2-3: Observing Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Review Questions
Chapter 35 Investigating Arthropods
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure XI-3-1: Observing and Comparing Arthropod Structures
Procedure XI-3-2: Observing Insect Metamorphosis
Review Questions
Chapter 36 Investigating Vertebrate Tissues
Equipment and Materials
Background
Procedure XI-4-1: Observing Epithelial Tissues
Procedure XI-4-2: Observing Connective Tissues
Procedure XI-4-3: Observing Muscle Tissues
Procedure XI-4-4: Observing Nervous Tissues
Review Questions