Animal rights groups offer free software, schools save money. June 1, 2011 — -- If you are like many of us, you probably had a high school science teacher like Mr. Alexander -- a wonderful, ...

In North America, animal dissection remains commonplace in K-12 science education. At a time when numerous interactive and immersive alternatives are available, it’s time to end this outdated practice ...

East Rock seventh grader Jeryl searches for frog’s large intestines… Credit: Maya McFadden Photos …while others check out the frog’s tongue and teeth. East Rock School seventh graders Leia and Lesly ...

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 ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) – Students at a New Port Richey High School have moved from dead, preserved frogs for dissection in science class, to synthetic, man-made amphibians. SynDaver is a ...

Computer scientists at the University of Buffalo have developed V-Frog, the world's first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education. Contrary to previous virtual ...

V-Frog, the world's first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education -- allowing not mere observation, but physically simulated dissection -- has been developed.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It's not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. Think about the frog. The pig. Or even the ...

Nine-year-old Gabriel Cruz dreaded his school's fourth-grade frog dissection since learning about it last year from his older brother. He told his teacher at the private Ivy League School in Smithtown ...

Homeschooling parents find creative ways to fulfill dissection requirements for biology classes, including ordering supplies ...

Marin kids who are squeamish about slicing into frog cadavers or who hate the smell of chemical preservatives used in real-frog dissection in their science classes may find inspiration from Indigo ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) – Students at a New Port Richey High School have moved from dead, preserved frogs for dissection in science class, to synthetic, man-made amphibians. SynDaver is a ...