Digging into Dissections

Get a new perspective on the living body and its intricate design. These hands-on, guided dissections allow students to get a closer look at how body systems and their organs work. Choose from fetal pig, heart, or eye.

Grades: 5+ (NOTE: the Fetal Pig is designed for Grades 8+.)

Length: 60–90 minutes

Capacity: 30 persons

Cost:

Virtual: Heart ($100), Eye ($100), Fetal Pig ($100)

In-Person: Heart ($175), Eye ($175), Fetal Pig ($250)

Curricular Connections: 

  • Science 5: Life Science: Human Body Systems  

    • HB5.1: Analyze personal and societal requirements for, and the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body.

    • HB5.2: Investigate the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems, such as the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.

    • HB5.3: Assess how multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli. 

  • Science 7: Understanding, Skills, and Confidence  

    • USC7.2: Examine critically and use purposefully blood-borne pathogen information and education, including HIV and Hepatitis C, for the purpose of committing to behaviours that do not put one at risk of infection or co-infection.

  • USC7.3: Commit to personal safety practices while acquiring basic first aid knowledge and skills.

  • Science 8: Life Science: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems  

    • CS8.3: Distinguish structural and functional relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems in humans and how this knowledge is important to various careers.

    • CS8.4: Analyze how the interdependence of organ systems contributes to the healthy functioning of the human body. 

  • Science 9: Reproduction and Human Development  

    • RE9.1: Examine the process of and influences on the transfer of genetic information and the impact of that understanding on society, past and present.

    • RE9.4: Analyze the process of human reproduction, including the influence of reproductive and contraceptive technologies.

  • Health Science 20:  Human Body

    • HS20-HB1: Analyze the anatomy and physiology of a healthy human.