Human Disease Museum
It’s been tough for our year 12 Biology students during lockdown. Not only are they having to learn on their own, but their Biology excursion to the Human Disease Museum was changed to a virtual experience.
In week 1, year 12 Biology students were lucky enough to participate in a virtual tour of the Human Disease Museum, at the University of New South Wales.
The museum has over 2,500 diseased human tissue specimens and the objective of the museum is to provide a space that enables students to make educated decisions about their health and lifestyle choices.
Students observed many specimens, including a liver with cirrhosis and arteries clogged with cholesterol.
The virtual excursion was a great way for students to use their knowledge from the modules Hereditary and Genetic Change. The students completed a 25 minute presentation that covered the fundamentals of genetics, including nomenclature, transcription, translation and the nature of inheritance.
Students then participated in a 45 minute presentation for modules Infectious and Non-Infectious Disease. The presentation covered three key disease processes, cirrhosis (alcohol and viral hepatitis induced cirrhosis), atherosclerosis (smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise induced and tuberculosis (bacterial infection).
