Year 12 Biology Excursion to the UNSW Museum of Human Disease

On Friday 13 May, the Year 12 Biology students visited the UNSW Museum of Human Disease as part of our study of infectious and non-infectious diseases. After a presentation by one of the museum curators, we had the opportunity to view and learn from the many exhibits featuring diseased human organs. Some of these included (among others) cancerous hearts, brains, kidneys and feet, livers with cirrhosis, as well as lungs affected by infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia.

During our lunch break, many of us were also lucky enough to see Tim Sloane, a celebrity of the biology world whose invaluable educational videos have gotten many a Fortian through.

Overall, the excursion was a fascinating but confronting experience which supplemented our understanding of infectious and non-infectious diseases.

Written by Cadence Ing and Maya Taib