Biology
GENERAL INFORMATION
BIOLOGY CLUB: (07/08)
INTRODUCTION
Biology club is an academic club at Loyola high school. It started in 2004 with many other clubs. It has been on topflight appearances and breathtaking exhibitions it has performed. In the previous Big Day of exhibition, Biology club took the crown after letting it out for UN club the other year who came down then.
Its Structure.
Club patron : Mr Monji
Chairman : Iddy Miraji
Vice Chairman: Khalid Matengo
Secretary: Bahati Mollel
Treasurer: Jane Temba.
O level leaders:
-Chairman (1st Assistant): Esther
-Vice Chairman (2nd assistant): John.
Members:
Biology club has a mixture of members, O-levels and A levels all nearing to 70 biologists!
Members work in groups, together, the O levels and A levels making ideas and work them out every effectively.
To be A Biology Club Member:
Anyone who has the wish to become a member is invited to do so, there is no any restriction. Registration are put up at the beginning of a year and also when there are newcomers.
In biology club there are a lot of brain feeding stuffs, all exciting and colorful to the eye.
Each time we meet up at Biology Club in no9rmal club time in Friday, there are presentations which are made.
Presentations can be in the form of talk-chalk or performed as experiments.
We also show documentaries, concerning science of biology and life. Physiology and anatomical structures and functions in relations to the organisms. They aim at building a lookout on the real practice of knowledge of Biology. It gives chance to students to mould their desire to build a career on this ecstatic and phenomenal club.
We arrange and conduct study tours to various facilities and institutions, mostly being health institutions. It is learning and enjoying with a smile what we aim. This gives students/members of club to ask and get explanations from experts on this and that on the facts of life.
In Biology Club we also do seminars about current affairs of man and Biology as one of his component. To understand how we can use the knowledge of Biology to live our lives. This builds as strong bond and let members contribute and share to fulfill our motto.
“Biological Literacy is no longer for scientist, it has become a necessity for us all”
In this Club, members have been increasing, showing that the clubs involves members quite well.
Also the Participation of this club in the 2007 Clubs Day marked this club as a double winner in overall Clubs competitions and the true winner in Academic Clubs.
Best of all, Biology Club was the Overall winner in Big Day of Exhibitions last year, and it took the crown undoubtedly, only the precious year it was second behind their rivals.
A number of presentations about life, biology, science and nature are made. All are successful and brain important ingredients.
Documentaries are shown during Clubs time so as to boost gaining of new knowledge about man, nature, and science of him and his surroundings.
Quizzes are also there and there are great prizes won by members and groups which performed well enough. This all aims to “learn and enjoy” ego we have in our Club. We share this achievement with the whole of Loyola high school community in one way or the other.
The Clubs Day (2007)
There were various displays in the colorful room we have been given, the room was eye-catching and within it we had fantastic display.
Some of Exhibitions we had were:
- The light effect on germinating seeds. This aimed at showing one of the basic needs of a germinating and the seedling of a plant. How the seedling bend towards the light, amazing facts of nature.
- Arm Extension experiment: Done by elite students, designed a wooden hand together with metal strips to describe the antagonistic movements of muscles in the fore limb in the action of flexing and extending it.
- Double Circulatory Blood System in Mammals: The Club members worked out to bring about a breath taking plan showing the movement towards the lung and the body in general. Some drips, food color, papers, crayons and a board would do it.
- Mammal Heart Chambers and Flow of Blood: Two cow hearts made a show on this. Many admired to see how the heart works, its chambers and the flow of blood within in.
Results.
Biology Club won the overall Club Winner and took the topnotch.
It was a good day for everyone, the Biology department and a club as a whole. It marked a good moment for everyone who belonged to Biology Club.
Bagamoyo Trip.
This trip was a gift from the Administration following the good performance and it took place on 17th may 2008. Members visited Historical sites, archives, arts and culture of Bagamoyo, the beach and other places in general.
Perspective
The Club has become among the topflight clubs since establishment. Good leadership, co-operation and turning plans to actions has been the key to this club.
The 4 years have made changes to someone, somehow , somewhere . We are on the highroad to this endless adventure of learning and enjoying about life and nature.
Mission
Biology Club as among Academic Clubs at Loyola High School, offers support in academic matters of Biology as a subject. Any student is welcome to share ideas and solve problems if need arise.
We aim at establishing an interschool biology Club. This body will deal with our neighboring schools expanding the scope of Loyola Biology Club to other communities thus bringing a close relationship between schools by students sharing their common likeness in biology club.