Synthetic Frogs Could be the Future for Education

Summary:

 J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Florida has been the first school to use synthetic frogs for dissecting. The company that makes the frogs say they are the first school in the world to use this sort of technology. The frog is made to be exactly like the real frog you see in biology, right now it resembles the female frog. Which the synthetic frog has a skeleton, muscles, skin organs, and a reproduction system with eggs. The synthetic tissue is made out of water, fibers, and salt and is also physically safer to dissect than a preserved one because the synthetic frog does not contain the chemical formalin .The frogs also are used for surgical simulation, education, and medical device testing. The frogs can be reused over and over again rather than a once and done thing. The synthetic frog also help the moral issue some students face, since the dead frogs were once alive and millions of frogs are killed each year for dissecting. The synthetic frog was never alive so it eliminates the killing factor some students may struggle with. 

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I like the idea of possibly investing in synthetic frogs, because they can be used over and over again, rather than the frog just having a one time use. The frogs can also be used for many other things educational/medical wise. The synthetic frogs are also safer to dissect then the once alive ones. I feel as though the synthetic frogs could open up a new way of teaching animal anatomy in a more humane and safer way. 

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  1. AnonymousDecember 1, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    This is really interesting, especially to someone who is deterred from taking more science courses because of the mandatory dissection of an animal. I wonder if in the future they would be able to do a similar simulation with other common subjects of dissection like pigs and cats.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 5, 2019 at 10:36 AM

    I think artificial frogs are a good idea to use in classrooms. It's morally accepted and doesn't harm any animals to teach students about anatomy. It takes a lot of the possible dangers away and more kids would be okay with dissecting animals. Hopefully, they will create similar things to make learning more fun and enticing for kids.

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