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CSIRO visits Year 12 BiologyThursday 21st May 2009 
EQUIPPED with petri dishes, microscopes and lab coats, year 12 biology students at St Philip’s Christian College, Gosford, where transformed into scientists on Wednesday.
The CSIRO Science Education Centre visited the school and created a dynamic, interactive forum with its Lab on Legs program.
Students took part in the eye-opening theatre and hands-on experiments, which involved extracting a DNA sequence.
‘‘The 20 students extracted a gene in the lab and placed it into a bacterium before letting it grow in a dark place,’’ biology teacher Cathy Evans said. ‘‘It was then incubated and, in the following days, we will witness the making of a transgenic species,’’ she said.
The experiments were developed around real-life CSIRO research and gave students the opportunity to be a part of one of the most respected science organisations in the world.
‘‘The experiments were directly from the HSC syllabus, which is the best way for the students to learn,’’ Ms Evans said. ‘‘The CSIRO’s amusing and lively approach to science was both engaging and educational,’’ she said.
Student Anna-May Evans said she appreciated the benefits of scientific research more because of the day’s activities. ‘‘It helped further our understanding and expanded our current level of knowledge of DNA technologies and associated ethical issues,’’ she said.
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