11. DISSECTIONS
Note from Mrs. Cotten:
We are very respectful of all animals. We teach our students to recognize that these animals are lending their lives for our learning. We love and cherish all life and want to learn more about living organisms and their body systems. A pig’s anatomy is very similar to a human’s anatomy and has proven an excellent resource for learning about anatomy. We have been learning about all of the human body systems in science and this hands-on approach of dissection really takes the student’s learning to another level of understanding.
We have several reasons for dissecting pigs for our learning in science. First of all, as I mentioned before, pig anatomy and human anatomy are quite similar. Second, dissection allows students to see each body system and the corresponding organs in three dimensions. The students can see first-hand how the body systems are connected. Dissection is also a very hands on way of learning about body systems and anatomy, as opposed to reading a text book or going through a power point.
Fetal pigs are not bred or killed for the purpose of dissection. They are the by-product of the pork industry and would be discarded if not used for dissection. Those that are not used for education will be used for fertilizer production or discarded. Dissecting a fetal pig is an educational way to respect this animal and utilize its body for purposeful and memorable learning.
We discuss with our students the importance and history behind dissection in our world. We talk about how in the past and presently, scientists and doctors have made medical advances, discoveries and medications through the process of dissection. We take dissection very seriously and teach our students the importance of being respectful and grateful for all life as well as curious about how living things function.
Pig Dissection
About Fetal Pig Dissection PDF Dissection Guide BioCorp
Gestation of pig- how is it determined? And other PreLab Questions and Answers
What words mean: Cranial, anterior, rostral...
Number of Piglets in a sow
Prelab slides Just go through safety and prelab slides (do not answer the questions in the form- that will send to a different teacher)
Regions of the Pig- Whitman College 1
What is the gender? Whitman College 2 Male Pig
What is the gender? Whitman College 3 Female Pig
What does unguligrade made?
Real pictures of each body system
Click through each body system and organs
Anatomy of pig (dissection references)
Pig Dissection Steps and Info
Pig human comparison
Pig/Human differences Flashcards
Vocab Cards
What is the function of the liver?
Why do pigs have such a big liver? They eat anything and everything so they need a bigger liver to clean their blood.
Why do mammals have a four chamber heart?
Why is four chamber heart the best?
Deoxygenated blood is represented with blue on diagrams, but it is actually just a darker red color
Oxygenated blood is bright red
Video
Use of animals in the classroom
National Science Teachers Association Stance on Dissection
What students learn from dissecting a pig
The Importance of Dissection in Biology
Squid Dissection
Inside Nature's Giants- documentary of giant squid dissection
Poisonous Octopus
Vampire Squid
Giant Squid Hoax or True Picture
Small Squid Dissection
Japanese Flying Squid
Colossal Squid Animation- fight with Sperm Whale
Octopus vs Squid
Note from Mrs. Cotten:
We are very respectful of all animals. We teach our students to recognize that these animals are lending their lives for our learning. We love and cherish all life and want to learn more about living organisms and their body systems. A pig’s anatomy is very similar to a human’s anatomy and has proven an excellent resource for learning about anatomy. We have been learning about all of the human body systems in science and this hands-on approach of dissection really takes the student’s learning to another level of understanding.
We have several reasons for dissecting pigs for our learning in science. First of all, as I mentioned before, pig anatomy and human anatomy are quite similar. Second, dissection allows students to see each body system and the corresponding organs in three dimensions. The students can see first-hand how the body systems are connected. Dissection is also a very hands on way of learning about body systems and anatomy, as opposed to reading a text book or going through a power point.
Fetal pigs are not bred or killed for the purpose of dissection. They are the by-product of the pork industry and would be discarded if not used for dissection. Those that are not used for education will be used for fertilizer production or discarded. Dissecting a fetal pig is an educational way to respect this animal and utilize its body for purposeful and memorable learning.
We discuss with our students the importance and history behind dissection in our world. We talk about how in the past and presently, scientists and doctors have made medical advances, discoveries and medications through the process of dissection. We take dissection very seriously and teach our students the importance of being respectful and grateful for all life as well as curious about how living things function.
Pig Dissection
About Fetal Pig Dissection PDF Dissection Guide BioCorp
Gestation of pig- how is it determined? And other PreLab Questions and Answers
What words mean: Cranial, anterior, rostral...
Number of Piglets in a sow
Prelab slides Just go through safety and prelab slides (do not answer the questions in the form- that will send to a different teacher)
Regions of the Pig- Whitman College 1
What is the gender? Whitman College 2 Male Pig
What is the gender? Whitman College 3 Female Pig
What does unguligrade made?
Real pictures of each body system
Click through each body system and organs
Anatomy of pig (dissection references)
Pig Dissection Steps and Info
Pig human comparison
Pig/Human differences Flashcards
Vocab Cards
What is the function of the liver?
Why do pigs have such a big liver? They eat anything and everything so they need a bigger liver to clean their blood.
Why do mammals have a four chamber heart?
Why is four chamber heart the best?
Deoxygenated blood is represented with blue on diagrams, but it is actually just a darker red color
Oxygenated blood is bright red
Video
Use of animals in the classroom
National Science Teachers Association Stance on Dissection
What students learn from dissecting a pig
The Importance of Dissection in Biology
Squid Dissection
Inside Nature's Giants- documentary of giant squid dissection
Poisonous Octopus
Vampire Squid
Giant Squid Hoax or True Picture
Small Squid Dissection
Japanese Flying Squid
Colossal Squid Animation- fight with Sperm Whale
Octopus vs Squid