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Alternatives to Dissection
Alternatives to Dissection
A number of organizations loan alternatives, such as CD-ROMs and virtual dissections, to students and schools. The following organizations have extensive lending libraries and will gladly help you find a suitable alternative to dissection and provide you with additional information and suggestions:
The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS)
1-800-729-2287
www.aavs.org
The Ethical Science Education Coalition (ESEC)
617-523-6020
www.neavs.org
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
301-258-3046
www.hsus.org
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
1-800-888-6287
www.navs.org
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
(PCRM)
202-686-2210
www.PCRM.org
The following Web sites also offer easy alternatives to dissection:
• Alternatives
in Education Database
Allows keyword searches to identify a wide variety of alternatives
• Anatomy in Clay
• Froguts
• Interactive
Frog Dissection: An Online Tutorial
• Kidwings
• Online
Dissections
• ScienceWorks
Your school can purchase CD-ROM alternatives from this group
at 808 Retford Cir., Winston-Salem, NC 27104; 1-800-478-8476.
• Virtual
Dissection Site
Provides links to several virtual-dissection sites involving
animals such as frogs, rats, clams, worms, cats, crayfish,
pigs, squid, starfish, and mice. You’ll also find virtual
dissections of sheep’s brains and cows’ eyes.
• Virtual
Frog Dissection Kit
• Virtual
Pig Dissection (VPD)
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