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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Investigation: Dissect a Flower [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lab activity where students carefully dissect a flower and learn about its different parts. Materials may require sharp dissection instruments. Includes extension activities and test preparation questions.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Orthopteran Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple animation that shows an outline of a grasshopper. Different systems can be clicked on to show the different organs. This could be very helpful prior to dissections!
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Other

Kidwings: Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

For Students 4th - 8th
A complete lesson on owl pellets. Students can read information, watch a tutorial, and use their computer mouse to complete a dissection simulation right there on the screen.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Owl Pellet Dissection

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders dissect owl pellets.
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University of Manitoba

Chordate Dissection: Dissection of Muscular System in the Rat

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to the physiology of muscle and the dissection of the rat muscular system.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Student Stuff: Dissection of a Blue Mackerel

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides 17 slides of a fish dissection. Each slide also contains a description and some provide further information on internal organs.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Student Stuff: Dissection of a Blue Spotted Flathead

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a step-by-step slide show of fish dissection. A description is provided with each slide.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: Beetle Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wanted to see what is inside of a beetle? Each of the images provided here is from Mecynnorrhina torquata beetles unless otherwise specified. Students are able to dissect beetles with the scalpel tool to expose new parts of...
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Other

University of Scranton: The Sheep Brain Dissection Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a guide to dissecting sheep brains. The guide goes through the process step by step. An image of the brain being dissected is shown with dissection instrutions or details on the particular structure on each page.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cow Eye Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
Get your lab coat ready! This particular lab experience is a must for any middle or high school biology/anatomy lab science classroom. This site provides a printable version of a cow's eye diagram, a step-by-step dissection guide, a...
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Other

Whitman College: Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
A supplement to lab dissections exploring introductory mammalian anatomy and physiology, for a fetal pig.
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3D Toad

3 dtoad.com: Pig Ovary Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual dissection of a pig ovary. Identify the parts of the ovary from various angles. Each picture is numbered and includes an answer key.
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Pennsylvania State University

Penn State Altoona Biology: Circulatory System: Frog Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a look at the circulatory system of a frog in dissection.
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University of California

Geometry Junkyard: Dissection Tiling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great and very informative article about dissection tiling or tessellation.
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California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Space Telescope: Dissection of a Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dissection of a Galaxy image offered here examines how a galaxy functions by taking it apart through an image. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
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University of California

Berkeley University: Math Site: Polygon Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a link to a visual representation of the Pythagorean theorem.
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Other

National Engineers Week Foundation: Product Dissection [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students explore various small appliances and gadgets by dissecting and reassembling them. While observing components, students consider scientific principles applied in making this technology and think about other...
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Biology Corner

The Biology Corner: Anatomy Dissections

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive material relating to animal dissections allowing students to view virtual demonstrations and images of pigs, rats, and frogs.
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Other

Engineering Your Future Ohio: Push 'N Go Product Dissection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in teams to take apart a toy, and, after the product dissection, write directions for reassembling the toy.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Dissecting Soil

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this environmental field lab, students dissect soil to see what components makes up the soil.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Virtual Frog Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
As a great follow-up activity to a frog dissection, students build a virtual frog in this interactive game. It tests learners' knowledge of the three-dimensional spatial relationships of the frog organs.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Dissecting Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi

For Students 9th - 10th
The scene of the three wise men offering gifts to a newborn Jesus was widely painted during the Renaissance era, so how did painter Sandro Botticelli create a version that's still well known today? James Earle describes who and what set...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Frog Dissection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using images of a dissection, students learn how to dissect and label a frog. (This flipchart contains actual photographs of a frog dissection.)
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Frog Dissection Diagrams

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using diagrams of a dissection, students learn how to dissect and label the anatomy of a frog.

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