Description
Sheep Brain Dissection is a must-do lab for Anatomy and Physiology! Students will be able to see and touch the structures of the sheep brain which helps them to better understand the structures and functions of the human brain. Your A&P students will love this!
This resource includes 9 files:
- READ THIS FIRST includes a product overview, link to dissection video on YouTube, contact information, terms of use, and image and font credits.
- Student Lab Handout
- Teacher’s Guide and Answer Key
- Slideshow of pictures from the lab
- A Lab Practical Folder with 5 files
The Lab Practical Folder includes:
- Teacher’s Guide
- Lab Practical Station Cards
- Student Answer Sheet
- Answer Key
- Digital Sheep Brain Lab Practical – This no-mess option can be used in the classroom using PowerPoint or you can upload it to Google Classroom for distance learning or make-up test for absent students.
The complete dissection video is hosted on YouTube. It’s about 13 minutes long and covers all the major structures. It’s perfect for…
- teachers who have never performed this dissection before
- distance learning
- students who are absent on the day of the lab
- students who morally object to dissection
Structures identified in the video:
- cerebrum
- cerebellum
- spinal cord
- gyri & sulci
- longitudinal fissure
- central sulcus
- optic chiasm
- olfactory bulbs
- frontal lobe
- occipital lobe
- temporal lobe
- corpus callosum
- diencephalon
- thalamus
- epithalamus
- hypothalamus
- pineal gland
- medulla oblongata
- pons
- midbrain
- lateral ventricle
- third ventricle
- fourth ventricle
- cerebral aqueduct
- arbor vitae
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Sheep Eye Dissection
Questions? Email me at scienceisland2014@gmail.com.
Happy Teaching!
Carla Brooks
Science Island
