How may free virtual frog dissection be a boon to scientists, educators, and students?
Froguts.com offers for sale to teachers a full array of lesson plans and assessment tools for a variety of virtual animal dissections. If you don’t want to purchase the program (which is reasonably priced) you can still use the free virtual frog dissection activity. The virtual frog dissection activity walks users through the process of frog dissection. Using the mouse visitors virtually dissect a frog by selecting the appropriate pins, scalpel, or scissors. Click here to get started on virtually dissecting a frog. Applications for Education For schools that have stopped doing dissection activities because of budget cuts or other concerns this virtual activity from Froguts may be suitable replacement. As I did the dissection today I was taken back to the memories of being in my high school biology class waiting for instructions on what to do with the frog in front of me. Thanks to hwjohnson on Twitter for sharing this great free activity.
V-Frog, the world’s first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education — allowing not mere observation, but physically simulated dissection — has been developed and is being marketed by Tactus Technologies. The Humane Society of the United States, as well as educators, legislators, students and others, support the realization that the use of virtual-reality frog dissection means no exposure to chemicals and potentially dangerous instruments, no specimen or ecosystem harm and no specimen disintegration. Sources: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211215636.
