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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- 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 ...

E.T. surely would have approved. In Steven Spielberg’s suburban homesick alien classic, the title character’s young friend Elliott flips out in class during frog dissection day, and frees all of the ...

When Oregon State University converted its Cascades campus in Bend to a four-year university, the science department faced a dead-body problem. To properly teach three levels of anatomy and physiology ...

The Highlands County school district in Florida may soon be examining virtual specimens on a computer screen rather than real ones under a microscope. Rebecca Fleck, the assistant superintendent of ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Over the last couple of months, students in the Medical Academy at the Whitmer Career and Technology Center have brought their books to life with a new anatomy table. "It's definitely ...

BATTLE GROUND — Looming in the corner of a small classroom at Battle Ground High School is the future of medical education. Reminiscent of the infamous monoliths from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the ...

EDWARDS — If the purpose of education is to peel back layers to reveal what’s inside, and it is, then you’ve never seen anything quite like Colorado Mountain College’s new gear. CMC added a virtual ...

In the Highlands County School District in Sebring, Fla., science teachers are voicing their opposition to the district’s decision to eliminate hands-on-dissections in schools for next year, according ...