Get a new perspective on the living body and its intricate design. These hands-on, guided dissections allow students to get a closer look at how body systems and their organs work. Choose from fetal pig, heart, or eye.
Grades: 5+ (NOTE: the Fetal Pig is designed for Grades 8+.)
Length: 60–90 minutes
Cost:
Virtual: Heart ($75), Eye ($75), Fetal Pig ($100)
In-Person: Heart ($150), Eye ($150), Fetal Pig ($250)
Curricular Connections:
Science 5: Life Science: Human Body Systems
HB5.1: Analyze personal and societal requirements for, and the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body.
HB5.2: Investigate the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems, such as the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.
HB5.3: Assess how multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli.
Science 7: Understanding, Skills, and Confidence
USC7.2: Examine critically and use purposefully blood-borne pathogen information and education, including HIV and Hepatitis C, for the purpose of committing to behaviours that do not put one at risk of infection or co-infection.
USC7.3: Commit to personal safety practices while acquiring basic first aid knowledge and skills.
Science 8: Life Science: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems
CS8.3: Distinguish structural and functional relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems in humans and how this knowledge is important to various careers.
CS8.4: Analyze how the interdependence of organ systems contributes to the healthy functioning of the human body.
Science 9: Reproduction and Human Development
RE9.1: Examine the process of and influences on the transfer of genetic information and the impact of that understanding on society, past and present.
RE9.4: Analyze the process of human reproduction, including the influence of reproductive and contraceptive technologies.
Health Science 20: Human Body
HS20-HB1: Analyze the anatomy and physiology of a healthy human.