Students prepare to dissect a sheep heart

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

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

Students dissect a sheep brain to observe the various lobes, grey and white matter, optic chasm and cerebellum among other anatomical structures. Students practice sagittal, axial and traverse cuts.

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 guests the different parts of the brain using the brain hats and the sheep brain

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