I save fetal pig dissections for anatomy classes, not general biology classes. If your teen is considering a career in medicine, by all means, dissect the fetal pig. Pig Specimens are not cheap. Typically, kids dissect the same pig for several sessions to study different organ systems. HST offers basic guide. Obtain several guides: Ward’s, Dissection Pictures with labels, and detailed worksheets. Consider buying a fetal pig atlas. Here are instructions for storing the pig between dissections before you finish. Here is the Ultimate Fetal Pig Review, which can serve as a virtual dissection. Here’s a teacher’s guide with hand-outs. Getting Nerdy’s Paper Fetal Pig Dissection is about the same price as the specimen. Use this synthetic fetal pig model as inspiration to make a polymer clay model. Be warned that a fetal pig dissection is a big project. Brace yourself for a discussion about the source of fetal pigs from slaughterhouses. Your teen may sign off from pork.
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