To disect or not to disect

[cturtle]

We have to disect frogs in a couple days and if I don't disect them then our science teacher forces us to watch. I don't feel like cutting open a dead frog, or watch someone else do it. What should I do?

[Kater]

Your state (New York) currently has laws upholding a student's right to choose humane alternatives to dissection without being penalized.

This website http://www.navs.org/education/studen...onID=Education offers you a copy of the 1994 New York state law by calling 1-800-922-FROG.

So you need to explain to your teacher that by law you must be allowed humane alternatives. There are many virtual frog dissection materials!

You can get some through the Humane Society of the United States via this website http://www.hsus.org/ace/13476

Some alternatives can even be done FREE ONLINE...they include:

Froguts
http://www.froguts.com

Online Dissections
http://scienceman.org/dissection.html

Kidwings
http://www.kidwings.com

Interactive Frog Dissection: An Online Tutorial
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

Virtual Pig Dissection VPD
http://www.whitman.edu/

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
http://www.itg.lbl.gov

At this link, you will find links to several virtual dissection sites that cover various animals, including frogs, rats, clams, worms, cats, crayfish, pigs, squid, starfish, and mice. You’ll also find dissections on sheep’s brains and cows’ eyes.
http://biology.about.com/cs/dissections/

Alternatives in Education Database (allows keyword searches to identify a wide variety of alternatives)
http://www.avar.org/

DISSECTION IS OUTDATED AND CRUEL. THE SCHOOL CANNOT FORCE YOU TO DO THIS! IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS PLEASE PM ME!!!!