Frog dissections go virtual at California school (AP)

[Frog News]

Yahoo News (USA) May 31st, 2011 02:01 AM: Frog dissections go virtual at California school (AP)

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. – A Southern California high school is taking the scalpel to frog dissections in biology class as it becomes the first U.S. school to take up animal welfare supporters' offer of free anatomy software.

Rancho Verde High School assistant principal Kevin Stipp tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise that it agreed to the deal with the Animal Welfare Institute and Save the Frogs to save money.

The animal welfare groups say they'll give Digital Frog 2.5 software licenses — worth nearly $900 each — to the first 25 schools that agree to give up dissections for five years.

Proponents of virtual dissection programs say they are more humane and safer than touching animals preserved with formaldehyde, but some critics say the simulations can't compare to holding a real animal organ.

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[mommyof4froglovers]

This is cool. I cant imagine my 5 year old disecting a frog for science class now that she has had one for a pet. I hope they do it all over. I remember that week there were lots of kids sick and refusing to do it. Plus we had to do it inorder to get a good grade.

[LilyPad]

What did we even learn from it? At the time, it was supposed to teach us something, but what? I wasn't grossed out by it, but I was not one to be okay with dying animals, so it was hard to do for me!

[mommyof4froglovers]

I think the anatomy of a frog. But I really dont remember it. So it was kind of pointless.