Software Review of: Cows Eye Dissection

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Software Review ofCows Eye Dissection

• By Laura Stemler

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Target Audience

• Middle School students (usually 7th grade)

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Educational Objectives

• Students learn how our eyes work and prepare for
  a dissection of a real cows eye

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Instructional Use

• Simulation and Drill Practice
• Students can watch an actual dissection and are
  taken through it step by step
• Teachers use the software as a prep for the
  actual dissection

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Strengths

• Instructions are easy to follow and understand
• Explains the parts and their functions rather
  than just explaining how to dissect the eye

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Weaknesses

• Not an interactive dissection just instructions
• The dissection might gross out students

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Demonstration

• http//www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_e
  ye/index.html