Welcome to the Practical Biology website

Good quality, appropriate biology experiments and investigations can enhance learning and clarify aspects of theory. Practical activities are fun and motivating, and tend to be student-centred, allowing students to apply their knowledge and understanding of biology and How Science Works.

This website provides all teachers of biology with a wide range of experiments to illustrate concepts or processes, as starting-points for investigations and for enhancement activities such as club or open day events. It also enables the sharing of skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom. There's lots of information for technicians too.

Use the search tool at the bottom of the page if you're know what level you are teaching, and want to see what topics and experiments are available at that level.

Cloning a living organism

Get your students to clone a plant! Their observations after a few weeks can establish which features are gene dependent and which are influenced by the environment.