Today
I want to share with you the Dissection Kit that we have been using for Biology from Timberdoodle, the Dissection Kit for Exploring Creation with Biology distributed by Home Science Tools.
What's included in this kit? This kit includes 4 preserved specimens (earthworm, crayfish, perch and frog - individually wrapped), frog dissection guide, dissecting pan and an advanced dissecting tool set. Everything is reusable except the specimens themselves.
There are a few common household items that I would recommend having that don't come in this kit such as a magnifying glass, rubber gloves, science notebook, etc. that we already had on hand.
How we used it? I actually ended up getting a second set of specimens so that I could have dissection days with both A and B. B is currently taking Biology and A finished it a few years ago (I thought it would be great for her to have even more experience with dissections). We spent one afternoon dissecting both the earthworm and crayfish and a second afternoon dissecting both the perch and frog.
{1st Afternoon}
B studying her earthworm prior to dissection.
Starting the earthworm dissection.
A look inside our earthworms.
About to start our crayfish dissection.
B's Crayfish specimen
Starting the dissection
A great view of the gills.
A close-up look at a crayfish gill.
Studying the inside of the crayfish.
{2nd Afternoon}
About to start our perch dissection.
B's specimen was quite large.
A's was smaller. Above she is pointing to the lateral line on her fish.
B cutting into her perch.
A good look at the gills.
Finding all the organs inside our perch.
The probe is a great tool for identifying various organs.
Moving onto our frog dissections.
Once again B's specimen was larger than A's specimen.
Examining inside the mouth.
After pinning down the front legs, the girls began cutting open their frogs.
Inside A's frog
We were surprised how large the stomach was so we decided to see what the frog's last meal was since it had eaten recently before it died.
Cutting open the stomach
We found 3 June bugs and 1 fly!
We cut open the stomach in our second specimen but it was fairly small and didn't really have anything in it.
We did end up finding quite a few eggs in B's specimen so we know it is a female.
If you can't tell, this kit helps make dissections super convenient and easy to do at home! It's such a great way for students to explore and learn. Of course, safety should be used at all times as the dissecting tool set contains a scalpel, blades, scissors, probe, etc.
Our Dissection Kit can be used with Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology 3rd edition (or 2nd edition) and if you can't tell we highly recommend it!
Disclosure:
Huge shout out to Timberdoodle for selecting me as a Timberdoodle
Blogger. I received this dissection kit at a discount in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
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