It was a morning like no other for the Year 8s. Ms Radka Zarkova had managed to obtain two pig’s eyes for Biology Class. So far, these students had been learning about the eye from books. All very anaemic and clinical. Then came Ms Zarkova, who, like a veritable Houdini, pulled the porcine body parts […]
During biology class, Year 10 students made use of St Edward’s College outdoor area to set up pitfall traps to carry out a sampling technique as part of an ecologic study. All pitfall traps were then removed during the following lesson and the contents of each cup were recorded.
Biology is all about affinity: affinity with all things living. In Year 9 biology students were assigned an investigation to work on at home whereby they had to investigate which conditions support germination. This is one such experiment by Luke Grech who used turnip seeds. The photo is showing both germination as well as positive […]