Worm Dissection

QUICK VIEW

• CW/HW: Dissection slideshow via Google Classroom.

• DN: Take a pair of goggles. Do not touch tables and/or dissection tools.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

5min Teacher reviews safety protocols. (Breaking safety protocols will result in a failing grade for the assignment and a possible ‘U’ in citizenship.)

5min Teacher outlines steps of the worm dissection.

5min Students decide who will dissect and who will document. Goggles on.

20min Worm Dissection. Preserved worms are distributed. Students photograph external parts and identify them (slideshow). Students dissect the worm starting below the clitellum and work their way up. Students photograph internal parts and identify them (slideshow).

10min Worms collected. Trays and tools are cleaned. Tables wiped. Wasted collected. Gloves are collected. And then, goggles off.