How does the dissection of a fetal pig help us understand the structure and function of human body systems?
Adaptive Perseverance: Students will navigate the challenges of dissection and apply feedback to improve their skills.
Learner’s Mindset: Students will engage deeply in hands-on learning and continuously seek to improve their anatomical knowledge.
Critical Thinking: Students will analyze the interactions of different body systems and understand how they support each other in maintaining life.
What are the major organs and structures of the fetal pig, and how do they compare to human anatomy?
How do the different body systems interact and support each other in a living organism?
What are the best practices for dissection safety and technique?
Students will safely perform a dissection of a fetal pig, identifying major organs and structures of each body system.
Students will compare and contrast fetal pig anatomy with human anatomy, understanding similarities and differences.
Assessments
Dissection tools and safety quiz
Packet completion assessing knowledge related to the dissection experience of each body system within the fetal pig.
HS-LS1-2: Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
HS-LS1-3: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
HS-LS1-7: Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.
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