Dissections are fraught with controversy. Moreover, specimens are expensive. Consider doing some food dissections. First is the Pickle Dissection. This dissection teaches dissection terms, such as caudal or distal, or ‘plane or direction’. You may want to use gummy bears, an apple or celery before you start any sort of dissection, live, virtual, or alternative, to help teens understand the terms.
Anatomy courses traditionally dissect a rat or a fetal pig. Both specimens are expensive. Let me share some alternatives, such as the Chicken Wing Dissection. This version examines the tissue, muscles, and skeleton in a chicken wing. Look at the Chicken Leg Dissection, which uses chicken quarters. The chicken dissections pair well with anatomy lessons. Here is Snicker Skin to teach the layers of the skin. I’m planning to pick up some bananas for the Banana Autopsy Lab. Ha!
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