School Science Experiments
Biology experiments
Updated: 2008-09-24
Table of contents
Agriculture
Animals
Bacteria
Biology names, plant classification
Biology and microscopy chemicals
Biotechnology
Equipment and solutions
Fungi
Humans
Living things
Plants
Pollution
Soils
Viruses
Living things, animals and plants
9.0.0 Levels of organization
9.1.1 Kingdom Protista (Protoctista) - heterotrophic protists
9.1.2 Chromista
9.1.3 Heterokontophyta
14.3.0 Bioluminescence
3.2.5 Live animals
1.1 Living and non-living (primary)
1.2 Animals and plants (primary)
1.3 Different animals (primary)
1.4 Different plants (primary)
Biology names
See: Flowering plants in this document - common names first
See: Not flowering plants
See: Flowering plants - Dicotyledons
See: Flowering plants - Monocotyledons
See: Taxons
See: A plant classification system
See: A phylogenetic classification
Biology and microscopy chemicals
1.0 Biology solutions
2.0 Microscopy adhesives
3.0 Microscopy stains
4.0 Biology fixatives
5.0 Standard buffer solutions
6.0 Culture media for routine cultivation and identification of fungi
3.7.1 Parts per million, ppm, (1 ppm = 1 mg per litre)
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
Animals
9.1.0 Study animals
9.2.0 Study populations (File: UNBiology2.html)
9.3.0 Study communities and ecosystems
9.4.0 Chromosomes and DNA
9.6.0 Drosophila experiments, Mendel's laws
9.1.0 Study animals (File: UNBiol2.html)
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
9.0.1 Animals (primary)
Cattle Project
Chicken Project
Duck Project
Goat Project
Pig Project
Humans
9.1.0 Blood and circulation, temperature (File:UNBiology3.html)
9.2.0 Digestion, teeth
9.3.0 Human body, skeleton, weight, skin, hair
9.4.0 Respiration, aerobic respiration
9.4.1 Excretion, kidney, urine, liver, faeces
9.5.0 Sense organs, ear, eye, smell, touch
9.6.0 Human genetics
9.7.0 Food tests
16.4.1 Vitamins
10.0.0 Sexuality education
11.0.0 Drug abuse
10.0.0 Sexuality education (File:UNBiol5.html)
10.1.0 Female reproduction system
10.2.0 Male reproduction system
10.3.0 Puberty and adolescence
10.4.0 Conception
10.5.0 Pregnancy
10.6.0 Relationships
9.9.8a Meiosis in grasshopper testes
10.7 Contraception (File: UNBiol5a.html)
10.8 Sex safety, reproductive health, sexual health
10.9 Sexually transmitted infections, STIs, HIV and AIDS
10.10 Genital diseases
11.0.0 Drug abuse (File:UNBiol5b.html)
Plants
9.0.0 Plant kingdom
9.1.0 Angiosperm reproduction (File: UNBiology1a.html)
9.6.0 Plant physiology
9.0.0 Plant kingdom, plantae (File: UNBiology1)
9.39.0 Algae
9.46.0 Liverworts, hornworts, mosses
9.48.0 Ferns, club moss, palms
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
9.0.2 Plants (primary)
Banana Project
Breadfruit Project
Cassava Project
Chilli Project
Cocoa Project
Coconut Project
Papaya Project
Peanut
Pineapple Project
Sweet Potato Project
Taro Project
Yam Project
9.1.0 Angiosperm reproduction (File: UNBiology1a.html)
9.1.0 Asexual reproduction, vegetative reproduction
9.2.0 Asexual reproduction, vegetative reproduction, artificial methods
9.3.0 Sexual reproduction
9.5.0 Fruits and seeds
9.6.0 Germination of seeds
9.9.0 Plant growth
9.107 Mitosis in onion root tip cells
9.6.0 Plant physiology (File: UNBiology6.html)
9.6.0 Germination of seeds
9.7.0 Tropisms and nastic movements
9.8.0 Photosynthesis
9.10.0 Respiration in plants
9.11.0 Food tests, different foods
9.11.1 Enzymes
9.11.2 Carbohydrates
9.11.3 Fats and oils
9.11.4 Proteins
16.4.1 Vitamins
9.12.0 Diffusion, osmosis, plasmolysis (File: UNBiology7.html)
9.13.0 Transpiration, conduction of water in the plant
3.55 Brownian movement (UNChem2a.html)
Understanding Plants (PlantUnd.html)
10.0 Equipment and solutions
1.0 Biology solutions
1.3.0 Weighing devices
3.3.0 Equipment safety
1.12.0 General equipment (low-cost equipment)
1.28.0 Simple equipment, construction
2.1.0 Equipment, care, radiation, lasers
2.15.0 Glass, cutting, tubing, cleaning
2.22.0 Microscopes, care, use, staining techniques
2.0 Microscopy adhesives
2.31.0 Soldering, solders, fluxes, methods
3.0 Microscopy stains
4.0 Biology fixatives
6.5.0 Teaching facilities
8.0 Equipment, Electrical experiments equipment
11.2.3 Density of ice
11.2.2 Density of water
18.0.0 Pollution
18.1.0 pH surveys (File: topic18.html)
18.2.0 Measure 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
18.5.0 Survey standing water
18.6.0 Pollution
18.7.0 Swimming pool chemistry (File: topic18a.html)
9.0.1 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
9.0.2 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 and green manure
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
History of experiments in this document
(a) 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
(b) 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.