{"id":432,"date":"2011-06-18T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T15:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=432"},"modified":"2011-06-18T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T15:19:42","slug":"not-for-the-squeamish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/06\/18\/not-for-the-squeamish\/","title":{"rendered":"Not for the squeamish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0last month in the AP Biology class I teach\u00a0has a number of projects following the AP exam.\u00a0 This year my students did a series of dissections.<\/p>\n<p>First the frog&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Frog-with-an-open-mouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444\" class=\"size-full wp-image-444\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Frog-with-an-open-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Frog-with-an-open-mouth.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Frog-with-an-open-mouth-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The frog that was dissected.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then the lizard &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_445\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Lizard-dissected-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"size-full wp-image-445\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Lizard-dissected-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Lizard-dissected-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Lizard-dissected-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lizard is dissected by the students to show the internal organs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And finally the squirrel (sorry Mr. Noren &#8211; we used it before it got too much freezer burn)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_446\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Squirrel-opened-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-446\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Squirrel-opened-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Squirrel-opened-up.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Squirrel-opened-up-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They worked to identify all the organs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While dissecting the squirrel we discovered it was a female and she was pregnant, so 18 months after she had died, we dissected out the fetus<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Uterus-of-pregnant-female-squirrel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Uterus-of-pregnant-female-squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Uterus-of-pregnant-female-squirrel.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Uterus-of-pregnant-female-squirrel-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The unknown organ found - was the uterus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Embryo-dissected-out.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Embryo-dissected-out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Embryo-dissected-out.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Embryo-dissected-out-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fetus was well developed and the careful clearing of the membranes left a well defined specimen.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As you can see they did a great job at the dissections.\u00a0 Well done AP Biology class of 2010-11!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_449\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Worm-coming-out-of-the-frogs-mouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Worm-coming-out-of-the-frogs-mouth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Worm-coming-out-of-the-frogs-mouth.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/06\/Worm-coming-out-of-the-frogs-mouth-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The extra creature - a worm living in the frog.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And you even got an extra!!!\u00a0 The worm inside the frog&#8217;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=432&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0last month in the AP Biology class I teach\u00a0has a number of projects following the AP exam.\u00a0 This year my students did a series of dissections. 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