The study investigates the application of audio visual aids in the teaching and learning of biology in secondary schools. The design for this study was descriptive survey. The sample size of the study was 100 respondents, For the purpose of this research study the sample was made up of Biology students and teacher of the ten selected secondary schools in Ikere local government area of Ekiti State, who are at present teaching biology as a subject in senior secondary schools. Some of the students are in SSI, SS2 and SS3. The sample population therefore consists of such students and teachers. The instrument for the study was a 20 item self-structured questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics tools while chi-square (X²) was used to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings revealed that there was no significant difference in the use of audio-visual materials between male and female students, there was a significant difference in the use of audio-visual materials among students in different classes and there was a significant difference in the use of audio-visual materials among students in different age groups. The study recommended that the ministry of education in Nigeria should enhance that schools do not just have computers, but rather, they should ensure that the computers are effectively utilized in instructional programme in schools. Software learning packages should be made available for use in schools. In this regard, academic research should focus more on the development and validation of these software packages.

Keywords: Technology, Audio Visual Aids, Teaching and Learning,

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