One of the highlights of eighth grade Science this year has been the goat heart dissection! Vinodji (Beth's lab assistant) took a little trip down to our local butcher and picked up 21 hearts for the big slicing and dicing project. The students were excited to stick their fingers through all the veins and arteries and fish out as many blood clots as possible. Beth was excited that, while there were looks of disgust from students and some borderline frightening fascinations the dissection knives, there were no cases of fainting, vomiting, or weeping! Check out those valves and chambers below... that is the stuff middle school science is made of! (That and a few frogs, snails, puppy dog tails, and maybe even sugar and spice and a few things that are nice!)
Dave and Beth
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