Frog Dissection Preview

​Pay attention- you'll have to answer questions!

​With your team, you will be completing a packet during the frog dissection.
You will also have some questions to answer.

This packet, along with your behavior, counts as a PROJECT grade.

It's going to get a little smelly in here! The smell will be the chemicals the frog has been preserved in, not dead frog.

​These are the types of tools we will be using when we dissect!

Multiple Choice

True or false- it's okay to act silly during the frog dissection because we're excited!

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When you get your frog, it's okay to cut it open and begin exploring. There isn't a set procedure to follow, so just do whatever you want with the frog.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

If the bell rings but you are not finished cleaning up, just head to your next class so you aren't late.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What will happen if you do not act in a mature, respectful, and responsible manner (towards other students, the frog, the teacher, or any volunteers)?

• You'll get an infraction

• You'll be removed from the activity (and any other consequence that may be necessary)

• Nothing- act however you want to act

• You'll just receive warnings until you start acting appropriately

Multiple Choice

I need to act responsibly (towards others, towards the frog, towards any volunteers, and towards myself) for the duration of the dissection.

Failure to behave appropriately will result in removal and disciplinary action.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Multiple Select

How should you be dressed for the frog dissection (choose all that apply)

• Goggles on

• Gloves on

• Long hair pulled back

• Closed toed shoes

• Gum

Multiple Choice

It's okay to take a souvenir (frog leg, dissecting pin) out of the classroom to show your friends

• True

• False

• Sometimes- just ask!

Dissection Safety

Dissection Safety

You are required to review the information in the presentation and then submit a quiz demonstrating your understanding of dissection safety before you will be permitted to take part in the in-class dissection of the sheep brain.

Dissection Safety

1. Always read the ENTIRE lab before beginning.

2. Do not engage in horseplay! Common sense should rule here when working with sharp instruments.

3. Do not eat or drink in a lab where a dissection is occurring. This includes chewing gum.

Dissection Safety

4. Do not lick or eat the specimen being dissected.

5. Never dissect when holding the specimen in your hand.

   1. The specimen should be on the tray, which should be on your table, at all times.

6. When applicable, wear safety goggles, gloves, and a lab apron.

Dissection Safety

7. Point sharp objects away from yourself and others.

8. The best way to transport a scalpel is on the tray. Do not walk around with it in your hand.

Dissection Safety

9. Do not use excess force when working with a sharp instrument such as a scalpel, as this can result in snapping the blade or damaging your specimen.

10. If you get cut, you should tell your teacher IMMEDIATELY!

Dissection Safety

11. If you require a new blade due to breakage, please ask your teacher.

12. Do not use any of the dissection equipment on your own body.

13. Follow all of your teacher's instructions.

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Scalpel
• Forceps
• Scissors
• Dissection Tray

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Scalpel
• Forceps
• Dissection Tray
• Scissors

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Scalpel
• Forceps
• Dissection Tray
• Scissors

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Scalpel
• Forceps
• T pins
• Scissors

Multiple Choice

What are these?

• Scalpel
• Forceps
• Dissection Probes
• Scissors

Multiple Choice

What are these?

• Scalpel
• Gloves
• Forceps
• Protective Equipment

Multiple Choice

What is this used for?

• Clipping the frogs toenails
• Cut through muscles and remove organs
• Holding the frog in place
• Pick up organs to move it around

Multiple Choice

What are these used for?

• To point at organs and move them
• To remove organs from the frog
• Poking the frog
• To cut through the skin

Multiple Choice

What is this used for?

• To point at organs
• To hold the frog down
• To pick up organs
• To cut through skin and muscles

Multiple Choice

What is this used for?

• To hold the frog
• To hold the frog down
• To cut through the skin
• To protect eyes

Multiple Choice

What are these used for?

• To protect your skin
• To hold the frog down
• To protect the eyes
• To make your eyes stronger

Multiple Choice

What are these used for?

• To pick up organs
• To hold the frog down
• To cut through skin
• To protect your eyes

Multiple Choice

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device

• always neatly groomed

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• cut short

Multiple Choice

You are injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.) OR an accident has occurred. First you should...

• take care of it when you get home

• tell the science teacher at once

• see a doctor after school

• visit the school nurse after class

Multiple Choice

The following footwear is the safest in the laboratory.

• shoes appropriate for the weather

• open-toed shoes

• closed-toed / closed heeled shoes

• sandals

Multiple Choice

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• okay if you are working alone.

• not dangerous.

• okay.

• always against the rules and will result in a referral.

Multiple Choice

When is it OK to eat or drink during a lab?

• always

• when my group is cleaning up

• never

• during lab procedures

Multiple Choice

Helping to clean up the lab or classroom is the job of

• old students.

• only me

• each and every student.

• only the teacher.

Multiple Choice

What should you do if a glass breakage occurs?

• clean it up yourself

• run out of the classroom

• do not touch the broken glass and Immediately tell your teacher.

• leave without telling anyone

Multiple Choice

While waiting for the bell to ring, I will ...

• stand near the door.

• stand in the back of the room.

• sit where I want.

• sit in my assigned seat.

Multiple Choice

  Keeping your work area and floor neat and clean is important because:

• my teacher is a neat freak
• it keeps the room from looking messy
• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter.
• It helps prevent accidents.

Multiple Choice

The MOST important thing in laboratory experiments is

• getting done first
• safety
• getting the answer right.
• penmanship (good handwriting)

Multiple Choice

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should 

• skip it and go on to the next part.
• try several methods until something works
• ask the instructor before proceeding
• figure it out as you do the lab

Multiple Choice

I can perform an experiment of my own when:

• I am sure it is safe to do so.
• Whenever I want to.
• Only with permission from the teacher.
• Never.

Multiple Choice

The bell dismisses the students at the end of the class.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Food and Drinks (other than water) are always allowed in class

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where do I sit?

• By my friends

• Where I want

• In my assigned seat

• On the floor

Multiple Choice

If I have a question I should

• Yell at Mrs. Fowler "I have a question"

• Follow Mrs. Fowler around

• Raise my hand quietly

• Sit and do nothing

Multiple Choice

Horseplay is NEVER allowed in the lab

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When lab materials are out I should

• Never touch anything until I am told to

• Mix all the things!

• Touch things as soon as I sit down.

Multiple Choice

In our classroom we are a judge free zone.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You are expected to give BEST EFFORT everyday.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Always be respectful to everyone, including the teacher and classmates.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

No leaning back in the chairs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How do we treat others?

• We treat others with respect
• We don't care about anyone else.

Multiple Choice

Be respectful to your teacher and classmates means...

• Say Please and Thank You
• Be Nice
• Treat others the way you want to be treated
• All of the Above

Poll

Do you feel ready for the frog dissection?

• Yes

• No

• I changed my mind, and I do not want to participate.

• I would like to be an observer, so I do not have to touch/dissect the frog