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Keller, Daniel – Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation: A Notebook, 1990
A computer program that replaces a set of pharmacology and physiology laboratory experiments on live animals or isolated organs is described and illustrated. Five experiments are simulated: dose-effect relationships on smooth muscle, blood pressure and catecholamines, neuromuscular signal transmission, acetylcholine and the circulation, and…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
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Strauss, Richard T.; Kinzie, Mable B. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
The debate on the educational value of dissection versus the value of animal life is examined. Interactive videodisc (IVD) technology is described in light of its potential for laboratory simulations. The design of the IVD-based dissection simulation, The Interactive Frog Dissection, is presented. (KR)
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Dissection