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Title: Supplementing your practical biology at home
Authors: Lanfranco, Guido
Keywords: Biology -- Study and teaching -- Malta
Biology -- Methodology
Biology -- Projects
Education, Secondary -- Malta
Issue Date: 1978
Publisher: Upper Secondary School Valletta
Citation: Lanfranco, G. (1978). Supplementing your practical biology at home. Hyphen, 1(4), 26-29
Abstract: There are still numerous students who believe, that practical work in biology consists mainly of dissection of animal bodies. Needless to say, this is far from the truth. In fact, dissection is only an insignificant section of the entire syllabus, and even then is resorted to only at the end of a lengthy preparatory course in theoretical anatomy. A dissection is not a mere investigatory process, but a confirmatory one, to be made use of when the student knows what he is looking for. Practical work normally includes much microscope work, biochemical tests and investigations, general anatomy of plant and animal material, and a great deal of observation and interpretation of structures and behaviour. In the school laboratory, one can be provided with the materials needed for the various investigations. The only materials which, in most cases, are not normally found in the home, are the microscope and some other costly or specialized apparatus. Otherwise, a large amount of the apparatus could be made at home by the student, using materials obtainable from ironmongers, chemists and other stores.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/20169
Appears in Collections:Hyphen, Volume 1, No. 4 (1978)
Hyphen, Volume 1, No.4 (1978)

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