The base of one of the boxes … had a massive crack in it – had to hold it underneath carefully or it would have all fallen out. No problem with the insides though – frozen hearts are pretty indestructible
Love the new labels and zombie tablets! Only you Deb could take an unglamorous necessary supply issue and turn it into a fun, memorable first rate service. Love your work! Thanks heaps.
– Christine Futcher, St Peter’s Lutheran College Indooroopilly
Last week we sent out some hearts for the conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS). Today I’ve received a picture of one of them ready for action.
And what were they going to do with them? Replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta in a workshop on the Bentall procedure.
Labbies will be pleased to note that even for heart surgeons sometimes it all comes down to skewers and sticky tape!
“About a dozen teachers attended each workshop and spent their own time learning from Deb how to dissect a bovine uterus and ovaries”
Read more…Company supplies stillborn piglets for teacher dissection – The Fraser Coast Chronicle – 19 August 2013
Mr Vivi spotted an anatomy colouring book on the internet and just had to have it. I wasn’t convinced but it duly arrived in the letterbox – and WOW! What a resource! We’ve got a collection now and we’re stocking books and flashcards for you.
Anatomical colouring in is normally pitched at tertiary students but we’ve chosen resources that will be suitable for secondary or even upper primary level. Colouring-in is fun and appeals to all levels and types of learners, diagrams reinforce the relationship of one body part to another and colouring-in highlights the details of anatomy as well as the big picture. Colour coding is a tried and true method for many different industries so the skills learned can be applied elsewhere, assists in memorising parts of the body, developing motor skills, is a fun mathematics activity for sequential numbering and numeral identification and introduces new vocabulary to enhance science literacy.
Email me if you’d like to see some sample images.
