School Science Experiments
Biology experiments
2009-09-28
Table of contents
Agriculture
Projects
9.1.0 Animals
9.1.1 Animals (Primary)
9.1.2 Study animals
3.44 Bacteria
9.0.0 Biology, living things,
levels of organization
4.0.0 Biotechnology
11.11.0 Drug abuse
9.5.0 Equipment and
technical information
2.1.1 Fermentation
9.196 Fungi
9.6.0 Genetics
9.3.0 Human physiology
Topic 3 Laboratory safety
9.208
Lichens
Topic
6 Measurement
9.7.0 Microbiology
9.2.0 Plants
9.2.1 Plant classification
9.2.2 Plant kingdom
9.2.3 Different plants
(Primary)
9.2.4 Angiosperm reproduction
9.2.5 Plant physiology, food
tests
18.0.0 Pollution,
environmental chemistry
10.0.0 Sexuality education
Soils
9.213 Viruses
Appendix
9.0.0 Biology, living
things,
levels of organization
9.205
Levels of organization 1
9.2.0
Populations
9.3.0
Communities and ecosystems
9.4.0
Levels of organization 2
3.2.5
Live animals, safety, ethical and practical problems
1.1 Living and non-living (Primary)
1.2 Animals and plants (Primary)
9.0.1 Humans
9.3.0
Human physiology
10.0.0
Sexuality education
11.11.0 Drug abuse
9.1.1 Animals (Primary)
1.2 Animals and plants
1.3 Different animals
2.1 Bird feathers
2.2 Bird sounds
2.3 Bird beaks and feet
2.4 Different birds
2.5 Protect our birds
2.6 Care of birds
3.1 Ant life cycle 1
3.1.1 Ant life cycle 2
3.2 Mosquito life cycle
3.3 Butterfly life cycle
3.4 Cockroach, grasshopper
3.5 Plant and animal uses
3.6 Care of cats
4.1 Animal legs
4.2 Animal friends
4.3 Parts of a fish
4.4 Frog life cycle
4.5 Lizards and snakes
4.6 Care of dogs
5.1 Sea animals and plants
5.2 Protect sea animals
5.3 Corals and jellyfish
5.4 Shellfish, molluscs
5.5 Starfish, echinoderms
5.6 Fish life cycle
5.7 Food chains in the sea
6.1 Food chains in the forest
6.1.1 Animals without backbones
6.2 Protect our turtles
6.3 Chicken life cycle
6.4 Pig life cycle
6.29 Protect our coral reefs
9.1.2 Study animals
9.1.1 Birds
9.1.2 Chickens and chicken hatching
9.1.3 Sea animals and fish
9.1.4 Insects
9.1.5 Earthworms and flatworms
9.1.6 Amphibians and reptiles
9.1.7 Mammals
9.3.0 Human
physiology
12.1.04
Atmospheric pressure
12.3.01
Blood pressure
9.1.0 Blood and circulation,
temperature
20.0.9 Decompression, Henry's law and
decompression
sickness, the bends
9.2.0 Digestion, teeth
9.215
Disinfectants,
antiseptics and antibiotics
11.0.0 Drug abuse
4.101 Ear and hearing
15.05 Electrolytes in the blood and
urine
9.4.1 Excretion, kidney, urine,
liver, faeces
9.3.11.0
Food, food tests
3.4.6 Gas
or vapour inhalation, EAR,
CPR
9.3.0 Human body, skeleton,
weight, skin, hair
9.254.0
Human genetics
4.229.1 Hyperventilation,
Mountain sickness and
hyperventilation
9.215.1 Immunity
9.5
Infections
4.240 Lungs, make a model of the
lungs
9.6.0
Nervous system
9.221.1
Reflux and heartburn
9.4.0 Respiration, aerobic
respiration
3.37
Respiration, carbon dioxide and respiration
8.6.5
Respiration is a form of combustion
3.37
Respiration, carbon dioxide and respiration
8.6.5
Respiration is a form of combustion
10.0.0 Sexuality education
4.238.1 Scuba diving and Boyle's
law, overexpansion syndrome
9.5.0 Sense organs, ear, eye,
smell, touch
6.6.3
Surface / volume ratio
16.4.1 Vitamins
4.102 Voice and speaking
3.4.6 Gas or vapour inhalation, EAR,
CPR
9.242.1
Expired air resuscitation
(EAR), Adult
9.242.2 Expired air resuscitation
(EAR), Infant (under 1 year), and Child (aged 1 to 8)
9.242.3 Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), Adult
9.242.4 Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), Child (aged 1-8)
9.242.5 Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), Infant (under 1 year)
9.2.1 Plant classification
List of flowering plants in School Science Lessons, common names first,
A to Z
Flowering plants, dicotyledons (Magnoliopsida), A. | B.
| C. | D. | E.
| F. | G.
| H.
| I.
| J.
| K.
| L. | M.
| N.
| O. | P.
| Q.
| R.
| S.
| T.
| U.
| V.
| W.
| X.
| Y.
| Z.
|
Family names, dicotyledons, based on
APG-II 2003
Flowering plants, monocotyledons (Liliopsida), A to Z
Family names, monocotyledons,
based on APG-II 2003
Not flowering plants, A to
Z
Plant classification based on Cronquist, A. 1981,
Kingdom: Plantae
9.2.2 Plant kingdom
9.0.0 Plant
kingdom, plantae
9.0.0 Plant kingdom, classification
9.39.0 Algae
9.46.0 Liverworts, hornworts,
mosses
9.48.0 Ferns, club moss, palms
16.3.5.2.5 Ferns,
Phycobiliproteins, Anabaena azollae, the water fern Azolla
9.51.0 Flowering plants
(angiosperms)
9.60.0 Heterotrophic angiosperms
9.54.0 Plant cells and tissues
9.65.0 Leaves
9.71.0 Roots
9.78.0 Stems
9.2.3
Different plants
(Primary)
1.2 Animals and plants
1.4 Different plants
1.5 Plant pictures
1.6 Different leaves
1.26 Plant names
1.27 Drink-can garden
1.28 Grow plants from seed
1.29 Roots and stems
1.30 Plants need sunlight
1.31 Plants need water
2.30 Rub leaf pictures
2.31 Collect flowers
2.32 Collect seeds
2.33 Grow plants from seeds
2.35 Paint with plant juices
3.5 Plant and animal uses
3.25 Parts of a plant
3.26 Different leaves
3.27 Describe leaves
3.28 Stems and
roots
3.29 Seeds and
fruit
3.30 Make plant dyes
4.25 Uses of peas and beans
4.26 Different legumes
4.27 Collect bean plants
4.28 Bean life cycle
4.29 Bean flower
4.30 Bean seeds and pods
4.31 Watch seedlings grow
5.1 Sea animals and plants
5.27 Germinate bean seeds
5.28 Depth
of seeds
5.29 Germinate maize grain
5.30 Roots absorb water
5.31 Leaves lose water
5.32 Protect our mangroves
5.36 Cover crops
6.23 Trees and shrubs
6.24 Trees, palms and ferns
6.25 Protect our trees
6.26 Describe grasses
6.27 Describe palms
6.28 Describe ferns and mosses
9.2.4
Angiosperm reproduction
9.1.0 Asexual reproduction,
vegetative reproduction
9.2.0 Asexual reproduction,
vegetative reproduction, artificial methods
9.3.0 Sexual reproduction of
angiosperms, flowers
9.5.0 Sexual reproduction of
angiosperms, fruits and seeds
9.6.0
Germination of seeds
9.9.0 Plant growth
9.4.1
Root tip of onion cells showing mitosis
9.107
Mitosis in onion root tip cells
9.2.5 Plant physiology,
food tests
Topic 19
Household chemicals, acids in the home, composition of food
3.37
Respiration, carbon dioxide and respiration
3.55
Brownian movement
9.3.11.0
Food, food tests
6.4.1
Geotropism,
clinostat
6.6.3
Surface / volume ratio of soil particles
8.6.5
Respiration is a form of combustion
9.3.11.0
Food, food tests
9.6.0 Germination of seeds
9.7.0 Tropisms and nastic movements
9.8.0 Photosynthesis
9.10.0
Respiration in plants
9.12.0.0
Colloids
9.13.0
Transpiration, conduction
of water in the plant
9.109.0
Plant physiology
9.128 Heat
different foods
9.138
Tests for nitrogen compounds in food, soda lime test,
9.163.0 Diffusion, semi-permeable
membrane
9.176.0 Plasmolysis, imbibition
9.186.0 Transpiration, potometer,
stomates
9.214
Cellulose digestion
14.3.0
Bioluminescence
16.3.0
Chemistry of natural products
16.4.1
Vitamins
16.6.1.1 Proteins,
peptides, amino acids
16.5.1.0
Esters, derivatives of fatty acids, (RCOOR') Esters group: (-COOR)
suffix: -oate
16.8.0 Aromatic
hydrocarbons
16.10.0 Breakdown of
large
molecules to small molecules
16.11.0 Organic
chemistry terms
Understanding
plants
9.6.0
Genetics
4.4.0 DNA
and RNA
9.4.0 Mitosis and meiosis
9.6.0
Drosophila
experiments, Mendel's laws
9.254.0 Human
genetics
18.0.0
Pollution
18.1.0 pH tests
18.2.0 Total
dissolved solids and suspended solids in water
18.3.0
Tests for air and dissolved
oxygen in
water
18.4.0 Ions in a water
sample
18.4.1 Phosphate ions in water
18.6.9 Colorimeter tests and test
methods
18.5.0
Tests for standing water
18.6.0 Air
pollution
18.7.0 Water pollution
18.7.0A Swimming pool chemistry
9.5.0 Equipment and
technical information
1.0 Biology solutions
1.3.0 Weighing devices
1.12.0 General equipment (low-cost
equipment)
1.28.0 Simple equipment, construction
2.0 Microscopy adhesives
2.1.0 Equipment, care, radiation,
lasers
2.15.0 Glass, cutting, tubing,
cleaning
Methane
2.22.0 Microscopes, care, use,
staining techniques
2.31.0
Soldering, solders, fluxes, methods
3.0
Microscopy stains
3.3.0 Equipment safety
3.7.1 Parts per million, ppm, (1 ppm =
1 mg per litre)
4.0 Biology fixatives
4.7 Insect fixing fluids
5.0 Standard buffer solutions
6.0 Culture media for routine
cultivation and identification of fungi
6.5.0 Teaching facilities
8.0 Equipment, Electrical
experiments equipment
9.9.18 Hydroponics, Knop's
solution
11.0
Activated carbon (commercial
information)
Appendix
Appendix
1: Chemicals by chemical name
Appendix 2: Low-cost
chemicals and common substances
Appendix
3: Preparation
instructions for acids and bases
Appendix
4: Preparation
instructions for reagents
Appendix
5A: Flammable liquids
Appendix
5B: Poisons
Appendix
6: Abbreviations
Appendix
7: Prefixes and suffixes
Appendix
8: Hazard
classifications
Acid-base
indicators
Experimental
investigation
Laboratory
safety
Safety
equipment
Periodic
table
Table
of the elements
History of experiments in this document
1. This document is a revision, updating and expansion of the New
UNESCO source book for science teaching, UNESCO, Paris, Third
impression 1979, ISBN 92-3-101058-1 by Dr John Elfick, School of
Education, University
of Queensland, Australia
2.
The first stage in the editing process was done in China and was
published in Chinese as "GUOWAI ZHONGXUE SHIYAN SHENGWU" (Overseas
Middle School Experiments, Biology) J. Elfick editor, Authors: Yang
Shanlu, Yin Liping, Peng Yixin and Wang Zongyi, Capital Normal
University Press, Beijing, April 1999 ISBN 7-81039-941-1/G.789 Price
Yuan 8.00.
The difficult work of co-ordination and interpretation was done by
UNESCO Assistant Programme Officers Mr Howard Jiang and Ms Ye Mai. The
publication was used for
inservice training and was thoroughly reviewed by biology teachers in
China. This book was on the Ministry of Education, People's Republic of
China "All
China Approved Book List for primary and Secondary Schools" and is on
sale to the public in China. This book was designed to give a wider
choice
of experiments to teachers of biology in Chinese middle schools. The
amount of descriptive detail in the experiments is designed to be the
minimum
needed for doing the experiment by a trained biology teacher. Each
experiment is thought to be one of the simplest and least expensive
ways of
displaying the concept. However, a teacher should check the
experimental details in a biology book recommended for use in that
school system.