Heart dissection walk through

Heart dissection walk through
Type of Resource: Teacher background info

This online resource gives a step-by-step guide of a sheep’s heart dissection.

The resource shows labelled pictures illustrating each step and a good description of the key structures of the heart.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U01 (Year 8), AC9S8U02 (Year 8)

Additional Information

Most butchers (with some warning) can obtain sheep hearts and dissection is a useful activity for students to illustrate the structure and function of the circulatory system.

Australian Curriculum:
  • Year 8 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs carrying out specialised... > ACSSU150