Success StorySTEM Lab: Dissections



STEM Lab: Dissections

Author: Genaea Sarantakos

Planning Unit: Fayette County CES

Major Program: Science, Engineering, and Technology

Plan of Work: Build Engaged and Empowered Communities

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The problem

4th grade teachers expressed interest in cow eye dissection to help solidify the following Core Content Standards:

4-LS1-2. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brains, and respond to the information in different ways. Emphasis is on systems of information transfer.

4-PS4-2. Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen. Examples of models could include diagrams, analogies, and physical models that illustrate light reflecting from objects and entering the eye.

The educational program response

Youth and Adults will develop skill to improve quality of life. Cow Eye Dissection in school enrichment programs. Special Interest workshop dissecting a frog, crawfish, and shark.

The participants/target audience

Youth in 4th grade; Youth 9-18

Other partners (if applicable)

Volunteers who are students at the University of Kentucky in the College of Medicine

Program impact or participant response.

60 total youth (aged 5-18) and 20 parents participated in 2 after-school enrichment dissection programs.







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