Paper Dissections

Is your teen too squeamish to dissect?  Did she claim that dissections violate her personal ethics?  I get it.  My husband and Paul are too squeamish.  We used synthetic kits instead.  Is your budget already stretched to the max?  Don’t apologize.  Use a paper dissection. Here and here are frog dissections to color, cut, and glue.  I love Getting Nerdy’s paper dissections.  They are pricey!  Here is a free paper clam dissection.  TPT has inexpensive paper dissections: perch ($1.50), rat ($2.50), and Earthworm ($2.50).  You can use coloring pages, such as this clam anatomy sheet and construction paper to make paper dissection models. Make a paper grasshopper and use a dissection worksheet to add details and label the parts.  If your kids invest the time to closely examine the parts of the animal, they will learn as much as if they did the dissection—maybe more.