Calling All Brainiacs!

Sheep Brain Dissection

10:30 Today

Awesome!

No squeamish girls at our table.

Reviewed the CNS and PNS on the big screen.

Anatomy identified

Worksheets labeled

Mission accomplished

I found a simplified version of our dissection manual online at Home Training Tools., and we watched this Youtube video of a neuron (computer simulation).

Cleaned it all up in time for lunch. Thanks, Kim for the fabulous crab and corn chowder. Delish! Though the kids were a bit concerned that the mushrooms resembled gray matter, just a bit. Tee hee

HT to Sheri for the pics!

Waldorf What?

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