Fifties biology

Dissecting an animals eye disgusting I refused to participate. The only discussion about reproduction was the birds and bees.

Long Biology lesson one afternoon a week, I too can only remember dissecting a frog and a white rat, apart from one hot summer day, what with the constant smell of bunsen burners, I fell off the tall lab stool in a faint, was carted off to the nurses room and (happily) missed the rest of the lesson.

I loved Biology in the 50/60s, but cannot help with the 5th and 5th processes. Didn't ever learn there were 5. I did get O level Biology. Odd bits of info I remember pop up every so often.

Sometimes even in University Challenge. If can answer them quickly enough.

My only recollection is disecting a rabbit and schoolboy sniggering about reproduction
Chemistry and Physics were my subjects

No sex education whatsoever but it didnt take long to catch up.

It was the 60s here, but I still remember Bowman’s capsules - the minute things that filter out waste matter from your kidneys. And photosynthesis. I was shocked a few years ago to realise that dh - who has a science degree and prof. letters after his name, and attended a very elite and academic boys’ school, had never even heard of it! 😱

I don’t remember much else, except that there was virtually no sex education. Our biology teacher once offered an anonymous Q and A session - one Q she eventually read out was asking about contraception.

The very decided answer was, ‘This is something no NICE girl needs to know about until she’s married! ‘ 😂

I remember very little except for dissecting a frog.