In a time when many of us are seeing our science budgets slashed and our time spent on doing actual science reduced to accommodate getting students ready for standardized tests, creativity is the key to keeping our students engaged. Along with the money and time constraints, if you're like me, you have more students asking for alternatives to dissection. I have never had a problem accommodating students, but much of the material available is nothing more than images of dissected frogs, with little or no interactions. I teach a zoology unit, and websites that have representatives of other phyla are almost nonexistent. I often found myself pulling materials from several sites. Then I was introduced to Froguts. As I found, Froguts offers an affordable alternative to high-cost specimen purchases. For those of you who have no need to offer alternatives, Froguts can be used as a supplement to actual dissection....
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October 2011
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October 01 2011
Dissection Alternative
Froguts
. Bio-eLearning, $300 per year for a whole school or $30 per year for personal home use.
Chris Monsour
Chris Monsour
CHRIS MONSOUR is a teacher at Tiffin Columbian High School in Tiffin, Ohio. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Biology and an M.A. in Education, both from Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. His interests include nature photography, travel, and camping and hiking. His address is Tiffin Columbian High School, 300 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, OH 44883; e-mail: [email protected].
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The American Biology Teacher (2011) 73 (8): 500–501.
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Chris Monsour; Dissection Alternative. The American Biology Teacher 1 October 2011; 73 (8): 500–501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.8.14
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