Investigating Tissues

“Mr. Tocco, I think I found a blood vessel!”

 

The sixth graders are excited to be discovering tendons at the ends of muscles, and ligaments between the bones. They are observing how strong skin can be. When one student pulls the pink tissue away from the bone of his chicken wing with a dissecting needle, Mr. Tocco explains that he is looking at muscle.

 

Students are inspired by "seeing, feeling, and touching the things they are learning about,” Lou Tocco says, who sees that hands-on learning is sparking curiousity and enthusiasm in anatomy. Sixth graders bending and examining their chicken wings are gaining a deeper understanding of the joints and musculature in their own arms.  

Mr. Tocco is interrupted by another student’s: “Ooh. Ooh. Ooh!”

 

Another discovery in sixth grade science – learning about human anatomy in a very experiential way.