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A biology kit sold to children age 8 and older is under fire in Mexico after a customer alerted it included a dissected frog submerged in formaldehyde, known to be a human carcinogen.
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Thanks to a plethora of virtual dissection websites, students who want to be kind to their web-footed friends can learn all about frog anatomy without having to wield a scalpel.
HONING SKILLS: Trinity biologist Robert Blystone says dissection provides the opportunity for students to develop scientific observational skills. Poring over a frog's insides once was nearly ...
Students enrolled in BIOL 101/102: Introduction to Biology A/B over the summer received kits from Carolina Biological in order to complete labs remotely. Credit: Sukhmani Kaur With nearly all classes ...
Schools abandon dissection in Biology lessons over health and safety fears Pupils are no longer being allowed to dissect animals over health and safety fears. By Heidi Blake 03 May 2010 • 7:30am ...
A no-muss, no-fuss kit that helps teach basic DNA concepts, developed partly at MIT, shows that cutting-edge synthetic biology methods can help improve school science classes, too.