reproduction – For the Love of It https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/fortheloveofit Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:51:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 Ted’s Story https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/fortheloveofit/teds-story/ Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:50:17 +0000 https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/fortheloveofit/?p=191 Name: Ted Age: 56 From: Sevenoaks, Kent, UK Object: Locusts Story: To illustrate the reproductive system and cycle our science teacher showed us how locusts bred. There was a transparent case in which you could observe the various stages of the reproductive cycle from the locust laying the eggs right up to the emergence of the ... [Read more...]

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Ted and his wife.

Name: Ted

Age: 56

From: Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

Object: Locusts

Story: To illustrate the reproductive system and cycle our science teacher showed us how locusts bred. There was a transparent case in which you could observe the various stages of the reproductive cycle from the locust laying the eggs right up to the emergence of the baby locusts. We dissected them as well to understand how the bodies of an insect was constructed into the 3 parts and also watched them mating before laying the eggs. It was no wonder that biology was my favourite science subject, as an unusual was of teaching it has left an impression on me that I have not forgotten.

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