Surgical Techniques
Photos and Videos
Students prepare to dissect a sheep heart
Students dissect the sheep heart
Students dissect the sheep heart together
Students work together to dissect the sheep heart
Heart with labels aorta, superior vena cava, pulmonary artery, and pulmonary vein.
Student dissects a sheep heart
Student shows the dissected sheep heart with different colored dyes used to show the different parts of the heart
The first incision of a biopsy
Students conduct a model biopsy and lumpectomy
A student uses tweezers to perform a biopsy simulation.
Student prepares to remove a piece of the play doh from the gelatin cube to simulate a biopsy
Student prepares to perform a lumpectomy
Students perform a biopsy
Video of the biopsy cube preparations for the Systems Working Together activity.
Student shows how to suture
A completed model neuron
Students create brain hats that show the different parts of the brain
Completed brain hats with the different structures colored in
Student wears their completed brain hat
Students wear their completed brain hats during other activites
Students review the parts of the brain in preparation for dissection
Teacher points out the different parts of the brain
Students identify the different parts of the brain
Students draw the different systems on their model patient
Students use shower curtains to draw the different systems of the body
Student draws the systems of the model patient
Students are presented with a hypothetical patient who has endured a traumatic accident and are called to diagnose and treat their patient based on the knowledge and experience they have obtained.
Students create a diagram using shower curtains to show how the body systems are related
Students draw the systems on their model patient
Completed model patient
Students show and explain the different parts of their dissected heart for the Showcase visitors.
Students use dye to show how the heart works.
Student shows guests the different parts of the brain
Student talks about the brain dissection during showcase
Student shows the sheep heart to a visitor during showcase
Student shows the younger students what they’ve learned this week
Student shows guest the brain hats and the dissected sheep brain during the showcase
Student shows her DNA to visitor during the showcase
Student shows visitor how dyes are used to show the different parts of the heart
Showing the sheep brain that was dissected to younger students during the showcase