With the Interactive Frog Dissection, high school Biology students can learn how to conduct a dissection and can gain valuable practice in dissection procedures.
Students also learn to identify portions of the frog's anatomy.
The program, developed by Biology teachers Richard Strauss and Jean Foss together with IT faculty member Mable Kinzie, relies on a videodisc for providing realistic still and full-motion video and narration. Our research suggests that the tutorial is a valuable instructional supplement, better preparing students for an upcoming dissection. Our findings also suggest that this program can be successfully used as an alternative to dissection. The quicktime movie above was produced by Paul Forrest, Jason Mitchell, Mable Kinzie, Theresa McMurdo, and Bill Looney.