Thomas O. Merritt
Dissection and Labeling of a Cow's Brain
Objective:
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• To dissect a cow's brain and label the different lobes.
Materials: Make sure you have plenty of flat top table space.
You should create a Science Center for all Equipment
1 cow brain per (4-5) students
(brains should be soaked in formaldehyde overnight to kill all diseases)
One Box of popsicle sticks or coffee sticks.
Five different colored pieces of construction paper approx., 4x6
Wax paper to cover all tables
Four scalpels per group
Safety goggles for all participants
Latex and Latex free gloves for all participants
One black marker for each group
Three rolls of paper towels
A powerful disinfectant for clean-up
Procedure:
Group students into cooperative groups of (4-5) students. Make sure you try to group an Artist, Music, and Kinesthetic learners together. Assign specific jobs to each student in line with the learning ability.
Have students choose a supply manager they will retrieve a return all supplies to the Science Center. All students need to wear safety goggles and latex gloves.
Set the brain in the middle of the wax paper with students surrounding the
table. Choose your Kinesthetic learner to slice the brain in half from front to back down the center of the brain then lay the brain on its side.(Flat side facing up). Have Artistic students prepare the flags to place to label the different lobes of the brain.
Note:
Students will use diagramming material from previous lesson.