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Virtual Dissections

Virtual Dissections. Karen Trenholm Mary Cobb. Agenda. The Issue Outcomes Our results Research Demonstrations Frog dissection with smart board Froguts Future possibilities?. The Issue. Some students feel actual dissections are unethical

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Virtual Dissections

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  1. Virtual Dissections Karen Trenholm Mary Cobb

  2. Agenda • The Issue • Outcomes • Our results • Research • Demonstrations • Frog dissection with smart board • Froguts • Future possibilities?

  3. The Issue • Some students feel actual dissections are unethical • Our school’s Animal Rights Group voiced concerns about dissections • We did not have experience using a virtual dissection of a frog

  4. Background • We investigated various software / virtual dissections available online • We selected FROGUTS • Goal: We wanted students to compare an actual dissection to a virtual dissection • To ensure students were getting the same experience from a virtual dissection

  5. Outcomes • ICT: • SEHI 12.3 critically analyze the impacts of evolving technologies on themselves, societies, and the environment • RPSD 12.1 select appropriate devices and software to collect data, solve problems and note patterns; to make logical decisions and draw conclusions; and to present results, with general supervision • Biology 11: • Requires the study of two of the following body systems: • Circulatory • Respiratory • Digestive • Excretory

  6. Our Results • Obstacles • Student opinions • The virtual dissection was : “Not as messy…” • “I liked the actual dissection because I prefer hands-on and computer just wasn’t the same because you didn’t touch anything and every cut was perfect.” *Overall our students preferred the actual dissection. • Our opinion

  7. Research • New Orleans – Rebecca S. Maloney • University of Sydney, Australia - Director of First Year Biology, Elizabeth May

  8. Demonstrations • Video of Smart board • Froguts – you try!

  9. Future Possibilities • Transparent frog! • Developing your own virtual dissection.

  10. Works Cited • "Are Virtual Dissection Simulations an Acceptable Substitute for Real Animal Specimens." NEA Today 25 (2007): 45. Education Research Complete. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008. • "Cutting Controversy." Current Events 106 (2006): 3. Canadian Reference Centre. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008. • Maloney, Rebecca S. "Exploring Virtual Pig Dissection as a Learning Tool for Female High School Biology Students." Educational Research & Evaluation 11 (2005): 591-603. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008. • O'Keefe, Brendan. "Anatomy of an Alternative to Live Dissection." The Australian (2006): 30. Canadian Reference Centre. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008. • "Should You Cut That Frog." Current Events 102 (2002): 3. Canadian Reference Centre. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008. • "Under the Knife." Current Events 104 (2004): 3. Canadian Reference Centre. Ebsco. Sackville High School, Lower Sackville. 31 Jan. 2008.

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