Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Pickle Autopsy

As we have been learning about Ancient Egypt, we researched the history of autopsies and a famous mummy, Gebelein, at The British Museum. The museum did an autopsy on the mummy. http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2012/11/16/virtual-autopsy-discover-how-the-ancient-egyptian-gebelein-man-died/

Students read about the history of autopsies and learned about the y-incision. Using masking tape, students practiced the y-incision prior to dissecting their pickles. After discovering the organs (buttons, staples, spaghetti, puff balls, pipe cleaners) and "cause of death", they closed the incision with needle and floss. They are now completing their final autopsy report using Scratch and will present to their peers in PP.