Saturday, September 29, 2007

Digital Frog

This is a website that provides an alternative to that famous biology lab in which students are asked to disect a frog. However, using this software program allows students to get the experience on the computer instead of in real life. Many teachers who gave personal testimonies reported very positive results from the software. It is apparently very instructional and detailed and helpful without the mess of disecting an actual frog. However, my question is, are students really getting the full experience if the experience is only a simulation? What about variations from frog to frog? Wouldn't many people agree that simulations, no matter how life like, just can't compare to the real thing?
www.digitalfrog.com

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