This Week In Science #8

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What I DID

       So this week we did dissections and we got a giant grasshopper.The first picture is in Ventral View and the second picture is in Dorsal View.In each picture you can see that I have pointed out one of it's Features the head capsule for you.In picture one you get a clear view of the Anterior (which is the head),the Distal (which is the parts far away from the body, in this case the tarsal claws),and Proximal(which are the parts close to the body in this case the trochanter or shoulders).In picture two you can get a clear view of the grasshoppers Posterior(the ends of the body in this case the abdomen or butt).

What I LEARNED

       I guess you can say that one of my AHA moments was when I found out that the grass hopper wasn't all just goo inside like a bug.It was like a real animal with organs and stuff inside.The organs where pretty hard to see but they were there.This animal reminded me of when I studied that spider.Just because I think if I was dissecting a spider it would be like the giant grasshopper.