Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
You can find all my A Level Biology videos fully indexed at freesciencelessons.co.uk/a-level-revision-videos/a-level-biology
In this video, we look at sampling techniques used in Biology. This includes a sweep net, a pooter, a pitfall trap, a Tullgren funnel, kick sampling, a frame quadrat and a point quadrat.
Image credits:
Sweep Netting
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Haven_Nature_Reserve,_sweep-netting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1581841.jpg
John Rostron / Little Haven Nature Reserve: sweep-netting
Pooter
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pooter.JPG
Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pooter close-up
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PooterCloseup.JPG
Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pitfall trap
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barber_pitfall_trap.jpg
Mnolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
Tullgren funnel
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlese.svg
Self, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (modified by S. Donnelly to remove label letters).
Kick sampling 1
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sampling_in_the_River_Roding_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430581.jpg
John Rostron / Sampling in the River Roding
Kick sampling 2
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kick-sampling_in_the_river_Roding_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430583.jpg
John Rostron / Kick-sampling in the river Roding
Quadrat
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quadrat_sample.JPG
Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dandelions
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taraxacum_officinale_-_Common_dandelion_01.jpg
Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Moss
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss_on_stones_03.jpg
Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rainforest Mexico
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiapas_Rainforest_crop.jpg
Bild von bere von awstburg auf Pixabaypixabay.com/de/photos/die-dschungel-von-chiapas-1865639/, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
You can find all my A Level Biology videos fully indexed at freesciencelessons.co.uk/a-level-revision-videos/a-level-biology
In this video, we look at sampling techniques used in Biology. This includes a sweep net, a pooter, a pitfall trap, a Tullgren funnel, kick sampling, a frame quadrat and a point quadrat.
Image credits:
Sweep Netting
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Haven_Nature_Reserve,_sweep-netting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1581841.jpg
John Rostron / Little Haven Nature Reserve: sweep-netting
Pooter
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pooter.JPG
Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pooter close-up
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PooterCloseup.JPG
Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pitfall trap
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barber_pitfall_trap.jpg
Mnolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
Tullgren funnel
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlese.svg
Self, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (modified by S. Donnelly to remove label letters).
Kick sampling 1
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sampling_in_the_River_Roding_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430581.jpg
John Rostron / Sampling in the River Roding
Kick sampling 2
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kick-sampling_in_the_river_Roding_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1430583.jpg
John Rostron / Kick-sampling in the river Roding
Quadrat
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quadrat_sample.JPG
Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dandelions
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taraxacum_officinale_-_Common_dandelion_01.jpg
Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Moss
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss_on_stones_03.jpg
Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rainforest Mexico
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiapas_Rainforest_crop.jpg
Bild von bere von awstburg auf Pixabaypixabay.com/de/photos/die-dschungel-von-chiapas-1865639/, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
