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Category: Anatomy
This article has been adapted to model standardized test questions students, where the …
Article: The Body Farm
Anatomy students learn about the skeletal system, where they examine bones and how …
Bone Matrix Anatomy (Coloring)
This coloring worksheet is intended for anatomy students who have already been introduced …
Color the Neuron and Neuroglia
This activity is intended to introduce students to spreadsheets while also reinforcing concepts …
Investigation: Stride Length and Bone Lengths
A short article about autopsies and medical examiners intended for students in anatomy. …
What Is an Autopsy?
This coloring worksheet asks students to color the kidney to identify where structures …
The Anatomy of the Kidney and Nephron
This handout can be used in discussions on the evolution of bipedalism or …
Compare a Human and Chimpanzee Skeleton
In this investigation, students use balloons and rulers to estimate the vital capacity …
Investigation: What Factors Affect Lung Capacity
This coloring worksheet starts with a sheep brain model which can easily be …
How to Learn the 12 Cranial Nerves
I try to read at least one non-fiction book per year to try …
Zoobiquity – Review and Discussion Questions
Students often learn the bones of a human skeleton in health, but biology …
Comparing a Human and Avian Skeleton
This simple worksheet can supplement a lab or dissection of the frog. Each …
Frog Anatomy Coloring Worksheet
The endocrine system can be a difficult subject to cover in anatomy. It …
Case Study – What’s Wrong with Timothy?
This lab is focused on fish and the metabolism of ectothermic (warm-blooded) animals. The …
Investigation: How Does Temperature Affect Respiration Rates of Fish
This image provides a basic overview of the anatomy of a bony fish. …
The Anatomy of a Bony Fish
In this activity, students work in groups to read about different types of …
Activity: Which Disease Is the Worst?
Students dissect a cow eye as part of a unit on anatomy or …
Cow Eye Dissection
Most biology students dissect the frog their freshman or sophomore year. Advanced students …
Investigation: Rat Dissection
Are you including a little bit of organic chemistry in your biology class. …
Wood Alcohol and Toxicology
This worksheet provides steps for identifying structures of the grasshopper, with a focus …
External Anatomy of the Grasshopper
In animals, form and function are closely related. This concept is illustrated very …
Bird Beaks and Feet
Instructions include how to identify crayfish mouthparts, eyes, and appendages. Students can follow …
External Anatomy of a Crayfish
Students investigate what happens to the respiration rate of a fish as the …
Investigation: Temperature and Fish Respiration Rate
Students examine the symptoms of a newborn baby who has a problem with …
Case Study – A Tiny Heart
Worksheet provides instructions for dissecting an earthworm, starting with external anatomy and then …
Earthworm Anatomy
External and internal anatomy of the squid with directions for dissection and identifying …
Squid Dissection
This worksheet provides instruction for removing the brain and reveal the lower leg …
Removal of the Frog’s Brain
The brain is one of the most interesting dissections to perform, mainly because …
Sheep Brain Dissection Guide
Worksheet includes instructions for dissection with descriptions of the organs students will locate; …
Fetal Pig Dissection Guide
This student guide (dissection manual) walks students through the frog dissection. Each step …
Frog Dissection – Student Guide
The external anatomy of the frog includes an investigation of the main features …