MISAC Services (including factsheets, advisers, speakers). See under 'Useful Addresses'

Bacterial Growth Kit Philip Harris

This kit enables the population growth of a safe bacterium to be monitored, without the need for elaborate
aseptic precautions.
Monitoring can be carried out colorimetrically or by using a counting chamber.
Ref. H7372018 Price £43.31

Set of Slides on Sewage Treatment Philip Harris (Teaching & Learning Microbiology.' Part 7)

A most informative set of projection slides, produced for MISAC. Includes a very full script for teachers.
Ref. H5490013 Price £43.82

Introductory Microbiology Kit Philip Harris

Includes a useful range of experiments appropriate for 12-year-olds, up to sixth form students. A particular feature is the provision of a booklet written for teachers with little or no experience of microbiological work and covering procedures, including safety aspects, very comprehensively. It is likely that the kit will soon be discontinued in its present form and be marketed as individual smaller units. This will enable teachers to select only those kits appropriate to the level being taught. Details of this development can be obtained from Philip Harris.
Ref. H5404011 Price £105.00

Electron Micrograph Print Set EMPSO Philip Harris

A set of electron micrographs mainly suitable for A-level; however, two or three of the ten plates, showing
the structure of viruses and bacteria, could be used with more able GCSE students.
Ref.H5410014 Price £19.95

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee (MISAC)
Registered Office
Institute of Biology
20-22 Queensberry Place
London
SW7 2DZ
MISAC promotes the teaching of microbiology in schools. MISAC provides many kinds of support to
teachers including advice, fact sheets and speakers; development of new ideas for the educational use of
microbes is also promoted.

CLEAPSS
School Science Service
Brunel University
Uxbridge UB83PH
Tel 01 895 251496
Fax 01 895 814372
Provides support to members and associates in all aspects of practical work in science. For microbiology,
it provides training courses, detailed guidance on procedures and a Helpline.

Philip Harris Education
Lynn Lane
Shenstone
Nr. Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 OEE
Tel 0 1 543 480077
Fax 0 1 543 480068
(Biological suppliers)

BDH Ltd (Chemicals)
Poole
Dorset
BH12 4NN
Tel 0 1 202 669700 (Equipment, media, reagents)

Blades Biological
Cowden
Edenbridge
Kent
TN87DX
Tel 0134 285 0242
Fax 0134 285 0924

National Dairy Council
Education Dept
5-7 John Princes Street
LONDON
WI M OAP
Tel 0 1 71 499 7822 (Teaching literature)

National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE)
Department of Microbiology
University of Reading
Whiteknights
READING
RG6 6AJ
Tel 01 189 873743
Web Site http://www.reading.ac.uk/NCBE
(Club Bio in affiliation with Biochemical Society and SGM; apparatus, materials, literature, advice on
resources, safety)

The British Egg Information Service
126-128 Cromwell Road
London
SW7 4ET
Tel 01 71 370 7411
Produces a range of educational literature, the most relevant being the booklets 'Egg Production', which
includes details of the different systems for rearing chickens, and 'Eggs and Salmonella'

The British Chicken Information Service,
Educational Project Resources Ltd
Freepost NH 41 90
Northampton NN6 9BR
Produces a copyright-waived pack 'All About Chicken', in the form of a project aimed at Home
Economics. This provides resources which could be used with students of average ability as well as
some useful general information relating to diet and food hygiene.