Dissection Alternative Plans Now Available

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AWI recently added several dissection alternative lessons to the collection of free educational materials available on our website, as well as to our page on the Teachers Pay Teachers website. These plans, which cover frog, rat, and fetal pig anatomy and body systems, were created by Elisabeth Ormandy, a scientist and nonprofit leader who generously provided them for AWI to share with educators in need of alternatives to once-living specimens. The workbooks can be used in conjunction with paper models and dissection apps or on their own. The plans, as well as other lesson plans, books, and materials, are available online.

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