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Berkeley Whole Frog Project: Virtual Frog Dissection Kit

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Main Website:
http://froggy.lbl.gov/
Activity Website:
http://froggy.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/dissect?engl

Activity Description

 

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
Source: https://froggy.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/dissect?engl (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has an award-winning interactive program that is a part of the Whole Frog project. Students can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages including Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Czech, Italian, and Portuguese.

Preparation

  1. Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school.
  2. Follow the tutorial steps new window.
  3. Play the game new window and learn how the points are given.

How-To

  1. Explain that the students will explore the anatomy of the frog.
  2. Select the link to the Virtual Frog Dissection Kit, and then the image of the frog.
  3. From here you can choose to show or hide each of the organs, and see a definition of each organ by selecting it.
  4. Get to know all the organs and their functions.
  5. Go back to the home page of the Frog Dissection Kit and choose the Virtual Frog Builder game. Here you can build your own frog, and you will test your knowledge of where each organ is located.
  6. There are also links to other frog resources new window.

Teacher Tips

Teacher Tips:

Use the Inner Body site new window to compare with the human anatomy. You will need to scroll down past the ad to see the Inner Body content and select one of the systems to see it in detail.

Program Areas

  • ASE: High School Diploma

Documents

Subjects

  • Science
    • Biology
    • General Science
    • Health and Life Science

Standards

  • Reading
    • CCR Anchor 7 - Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Tags

animal, dissection, frog, hands-on practice, online simulation, organisms, organs, physiology, science, simulation, virtual, Virtual Dissection, visual, visual representation, amphibian, anatomy

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