Are there dissections in HS biology?
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Anonymous
| I remember doing dissection of frog, cockroach, something else in another country. Do HS kids here also do dissections? |
Anonymous
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Some woodson kids set their science kab on fire a decade ago.
I think FCPS greatly curtailed lab projecfs after that. |
Anonymous
| Yes. I think it was a fetal pig but not 100% sure |
Anonymous
| Not in General Bio. Maybe in AP? |
Anonymous
| My kid took bio last year and said he didn’t dissect anything. This was regular and not honors, if that matters. |
Anonymous
| FCPS basically doesn't educate children anymore. I once dissected a starfish in elementary school. They definitely don't do that anymore. |
Anonymous
| My kid who dissected the pig was in honors biology. |
Anonymous
| My younger kid dissected a rat in Honors Bio and will be doing a shark (IIRC) soon in AP Bio. Dissections were an end of year bonus, and not part of the regular curriculum. My older kid did no dissections at all. |
Anonymous
| Honors Biology last year: nothing. No labs. |
Anonymous
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That’s sad. At my kids private they have dissected worms, mice, frogs, crayfish all by 7th grade.
Fcps should be ashamed of itself. |
Anonymous
| Those who do dissections should be ashamed of themselves. |
Anonymous
No. Learning about other creatures is a part of being educated. |
Anonymous
It’s unnecessary in a HS setting (NP). Agreed it should not be allowed. |
Anonymous
It isn’t, as you can see by many of the posts here. Dissections aren’t happening. But I can tell you they are the only thing I actually remember from my HS bio class. |
Anonymous
| My freshman’s gen ed bio class is dissecting a frog next week. |