Getting Hands On in Anatomy

Getting Hands On in Anatomy

In the anatomy class, students were given the opportunity to perform a dissection on a sheep heart, eye, and brain to further their understanding of these organs.  

“Being able to allow the students to manipulate the organs with their own hands taught them more than I could ever teach them with words,” stated Melanie Oliver, Cranberry teacher. 

Beforehand, students had mixed feelings about the dissections. Some were hesitant, but most were thrilled to get a chance to learn with hands-on experiences rather than just with diagrams. 

As said by Cranberry senior Ava Fischer, “I feel like it was beneficial seeing the actual anatomy with my own eyes rather than a diagram on paper.”

“Afterwards, I felt like I grasped the different concepts and components of the heart a lot better. I also feel that I gained the ability to learn something and then to be able to apply it,” Ava Ferringer.

Overall, this classroom activity has allowed those who participated in the dissection to gain a more thorough understanding of anatomy that they could not have gained by simply using a textbook.