Frog Dissections

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For the past two days, Mrs. Mendosa’s seventh grade science class has been dissecting frogs.

 The first day each class looked at the mouth, and students had lots of comments:

 I asked Cael Cabreros from 2nd period, what he liked about the dissections.  “It was fun, and also it was educational,” he said.

 When I asked Dallin Rust, from 6th period, what he did not like about the activity, he commented, “Taking out the tongue because it was rough and slimy.'' 

 What surprised you about it? Madalyn Welling from 6th period said, “The smell of it.” 

 Michael Shelley from 6th period was most interested in “The shape of the jaw.” 

 The second day of this lab students looked ate the frogs’ the body systems. I asked a few of the students some questions, as well as Mrs. Mendonsa. 

 What did you not expect about it?  Wade Jones from 6th period said, “I didn’t expect there to be organs where they were.” 

 Tyson Brower from the 6th period was surprised to learn “That there was a lot of fat in the little frog.” 

 Would you do this again? Why? Kya Smith from the 6th period said she would “because it was a fun experience to work with your group.”

 Finally, I asked Mrs. Mendonsa “What did you see in your students while they were doing this lab?” She said, “I saw them get excited about doing this instead of doing it on paper.”

 This was an exciting thing for her students to do!

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By Leah Gilmore (student)