Do high school biology students still dissect frogs?

[Beth Sweet]

Well, after middle school, my class wasn't allowed to dissect things anymore.

We got through the earthworms so well! But then someone decided we were going to do squids. Yes, I know, they were asking for trouble. By the time the day was over, every drinking fountain in school had squid legs in it and the class of 2004 was declared ineligible for all future dissections...

[Elgin Clock]

I guess my education was the youngest to disect a frog as far as I can tell by skimming the answers here..
In 6th grade we disected a frog, and I was stuck with two girls who didn't want any part of the cutting so I did that part.

My teacher said I was a natural & that I should be a Doctor or Surgeon.
Fun stuff.

Needless to say we all got an A on the project which was mandatory.
The 2 girls did all the labeling and paperwork, and I did the fun part. lol

In 8th grade we had an elective which I chose to be a part of.
We disected Squid just like Beth did, BUT then we made Calamari out of the parts.
Oh, and we were watching 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea while doing this btw.
Coolest class ever.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

Well, after middle school, my class wasn't allowed to dissect things anymore.

By the time the day was over, every drinking fountain in school had squid legs in it and the class of 2004 was declared ineligible for all future dissections...

That sounds like a George and Fred out of Harry Potter. I'm glad you guys didn't have any wands.

[waiakea11]

hehe we dissected frogs, worms, and grasshoppers long time ago. Here soon, we will be dissecting pigs!

[ben_0614]

We've dissected frogs also, along with fetal pigs. When we dissected the pigs, they were smelly enough already, but since we started the dissection on a Friday, we didn't finish until Monday. Needless to say, the smell got even worse. Biology is a mandatory class here.

[technoL]

In Honors Biology two years ago we had to dissect a grasshopper, earthworm, fish, frog, starfish (in 7th grade also), and a fetal pig. I think the regular Bio classes do only a few of those, if any. The AP Bio class does all of those in addition to a ferret, shark, and cat. Let's just say that my biology class always smelled like formaldehyde and seemed to be decorated with those huge specimen buckets. Glad I got that over with early!

To answer the question: Biology isn't mandatory, but 3 science credits are. Most people end up taking bio though because it is one of the first offered in the traditional science sequence. It is known as the easier one out of chem and physics.

[Zyik]

Originally Posted by technoL

The AP Bio class does all of those in addition to a ferret, shark, and cat.

I was getting worried everyone would think my school strange for dissecting cats. I feel better now.

[Scott Ritchie]

[quote=Alexa Stott;644051] The AP Bio students dissect cats.

QUOTE]

WOW a good cat dissection. I would pay for that entertainment.

[Melissa Nute]

4th Grade - Fetal Pig
5th Grade - Snake
7th Grade - Worm, Then Some type of fish
9th Grade - I want to say a fetal Pig again, but I'm not positive

[dubious elise]

Between 7th and 10th grade, I dissected a cow eye, countless earthworms, a fetal pig, a mink, a cat, a few fish, and a handful of frogs. Amazingly enough, even though I am a biology major in college, our only real dissection has been of a crayfish (we needed to test neural responses on the body cavity so we alternated soaking the ablated thorax in different concentrations of atropine and caffeine and whatnot).

Most of our actual biology lab work has been with plants, fruit flies, and proteins, though, supposedly, pre-professional majors in the same course get to do pig dissections in place of the plant work.

Originally Posted by technoL

It is known as the easier one out of chem and physics.

I wish that held true in college too!