Advanced Junior High School Science Curriculum at St. Bernard School

Grade 7 Students complete third Lab Science Dissection at St. Bernard School

Even though dissections are typically done in high school, following several weeks of classroom preparation, 7th grade students from St. Bernard School dissected a bullfrog for their 3rd dissection of the year. Using laboratory dissection tools, the students cut into the frogs and identified the anatomy, comparing pieces of the frog to their laboratory anatomy charts. After the dissections were complete, students were then able to take cross sections of the frog anatomy and use 3 newly purchased Trinocular Compound LED Microscopes to magnify cells and observe more closely. Images were projected onto a 70 inch screen using OMAX Toup View Software, a new upgrade to the classroom and science curriculum this year.

Photo 1: After a bullfrog is sliced open, students carefully identify the anatomy, to later be used in their laboratory reports.

Photo 2: Frank Roberts works intensely on the digestive system of the bullfrog.

Photo 3: Jacob Amburn and Megan Hayes see their cross section projected onto the TV Screen in their classroom, after closely observing cells and membranes on a slide using the Trinocular Compound LED Microscope.