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
