Summer Reflection

I have always had an interest in the human body and animal anatomy. I've studied it on my own with coloring books, online programs and thru home dissection kits. It is fascinating to learn the numerous ways our bodies function. I completed an anatomy and physiology course through our home school coop. I learned a lot of important information that will help me advance in my education and career.

The biggest one was matching the organs with the pictures in the packet. Many times we found ourselves confused on if we were doing the correct thing or not, which is why we had to ask many questions and even go as far as asking our other classmates for help. Another issue that we encountered was with the tools we were given themselves. Although they were very sharp, it was hard to maneuver the blade around the pig. We often found ourselves having to switch equipment to get into the designated place. Another problem was figuring out how deep to go when cutting. The packet was not specific on how deep to cut into the fetal pig. We found ourselves damaging some of the internal organs. Damaging the internals organs affects the entire process of dissection. It changes everything of the dissection because the main point of this investigation is to identify them and not destroy them.

Dissecting helps students appreciate the complexity of organisms, by actually being able to come in contact and see up close instead of learning about it through a textbook. Students will become more involved if they are able to do something, rather than just listen as they will mostly not retain anything. Therefore, speaking from experience the dissection is geared more for hands- on learners, but, it enables all students to practice their observational and following instruction skills. Comparing notes with other students this dissection enabled everyone to come up with a better visualization of how all the organs are interconnected in the human body. Looking through the textbook at pictures does not give an

In a classroom setting, each student has a different way of learning. Physical and visual learning. Performing dissections enables those that are aimed more towards physical learning to get a more hands-on experience and to get a feel of the different textures, whereas the visual learners can get a three-dimensional imagery of the different systems and how they are arranged to work together.

In my human anatomy teaching laboratories, the animal dissection experience generally emphasizes the isolation and

During this lab, many procedures needed to be completed. This dissection took a week. The dissection required many steps. This dissection required an understanding of how the body works and what the organs look like. The fetal pig dissection was helpful in learning

- Dissection led to performing autopsies on dead bodies to see what each disease did within the body, and also better understand human anatomy.

Currently, I am in the process of earning my Bachelor’s degree in Biology with a pre-medical emphasis from Grand Canyon University. Upon graduation, I hope to attend either a medical or physician assistant school. My specific goal in the medical field is still up in the air, however, I am avidly exploring the fields of pathology, oncology, emergency medicine, and surgery. My interest in the medical field was sparked by my human anatomy and physiology class during my senior year of high school. Put simply, my life in high school was rough, and I was completely lost, as far as my career decisions were concerned. I enrolled in a human anatomy course, to fill a hole in my schedule during my senior

Initially when seeing the fetal pigs, I was completely disgusted and figured I could not even look at them in the sink, let alone look at them when they are dissected. As my group pinned down the fetal pig and tied it’s limbs out of the way, I began to get more comfortable with the fact. As the dissection progressed, through observing the mouth and the thoracic cavity on the first day and the abdominal cavity on the second day, I became less grossed out. Observing the organs was interesting and I felt like it was a useful representation of what human organs are like, since it would not be ethical to use an actual human to dissect. I learned the difficulties that surgeons have to endure when performing a surgery. I can only imagine the high-pressure

Summer Early Entry was created to help students with developmental course requirements get a jump start on their academic career. Incoming freshman invited to attend the program will have the opportunity to choose from four classes and will complete up to seven credits during the five-week program.

Students spend much of their time in scheduled or required activities such as school, before and after school programs, hours spent doing homework, etc. that their calendars may already allow little time for other interests or just unwinding (Worsnop 443). The long, traditional summer breaks away from daily schedules and demanding workloads may be these students’ only time to really pursue other interests and opportunities (Worsnop 438), especially activities that may take more time and dedication. A common and often efficient way to explore these interests is through the wide variety of summer camps offered during the traditional break (“Leave Those Kids” 5). These activities could help students learn new skills that are more specific to their field of interest or can be applied to any aspect of life (Worsnop 443). Offering educational and interesting opportunities such as these camps can help students realize that “not all learning happens in the classroom” and inspire them to seek out other ways to explore their interests (“Leave Those Kids” 5). However, these enrichment and educational possibilities are not always available to everyone, potentially putting certain students at a disadvantage. To counter act the financial disparity possibly causing this obstacle, actions should be taken to aid these students specifically oppose to changing an entire school’s schedule (“Leave Those Kids” 5). Moreover, for the number of schools unable to offer additional courses during breaks, students would not be able to take required classes outside of the school day in order to replace them with enrichment courses which can provide a source of self-expression and relieve stress (Mazzochi 121) as well as a way to expose or fill students with passion for something new. Many advocates of year-round systems highlight the fact that both systems, traditional and year-round, provide the same

These sorts of summer activities offer a testing and compensating information for young people as a way to deal with get prepared for school and past. A powerful divide of these schools have outside parts and physical challenges that add to the experience and give

My junior year I had the opportunity to take an anatomy class.This, partnered with my psychology class, was one of the most fascinating classes I have taken in my high school careers. Learning about the human body fascinated me as it was something that was so applicable, something that related to how I live my life everyday.

As a Communication Sciences and Disorders major my degree plan requires for me to take anatomy and physiology. I heard from many upperclassmen how challenging and time consuming the class is. It made sense that a class dealing with human anatomy and dealt with the process of communication would be difficult since there is a mass amount of material to cover. I have always loved learning how the body and mind function and the many processes that occur within the body, so I am excited for this class. As I continue in this major I learn more and more about how the body functions and that makes me excited! Since I had taken my first introductory class for this particular major I knew that anatomy and physiology would not be a joke and needed to

Overall, I found this SSC in dissection fun and very helpful for anatomy. I would recommend this SSC to all the first year students. I am actually really looking forward to doing it again next year. It has made me appreciate just how complicated the human body is. I also realised that doing this SSC has helped me visualise the structures we learnt about in the locomotor module in relation to one