Basic 1. 2. It is recognised that IMM is unlikely to provide a single solution to the difficulties faced by our students, but an IMM program that engages the student in an active preparatory process is expected to promote a quality improvement over existing pre-lab instruction. The Snail dissection prelab program makes use of a series of computer enhanced photographic images of a garden snail. The program follows the sequence of the actual laboratory exercise, while allowing students to work at their own pace, making as many revisits to each section as they choose. In the first section of the program students can practise identifying the body parts which are visible on three external views of the snail.
Students can access labels and perform a labelling activity for each view.
An Index listing the body parts and systems is available for reference and this includes a description of the function of each part. The Index can be printed from the program. The second section of the program contains the virtual dissection which is broken down into each of the main steps in the dissection task. For each step a demonstration can be viewed and a simulated attempt by the student performed. Labelling activities are also included after each dissection step.