For the past three decades, Animalearn has been enlightening the public about the unnecessary use of animals in science class curricula... Animalearn: Put the LIFE back in Life Science.
April 22, 1970 catalyzed the modern environmental movement when Earth Day
was first observed. For 50 years, concerned activists worldwide have been
working to protect the planet, and benefit all life upon it.
This year, AAVS is also celebrating 30 years since we launched our humane
science education program,
Animalearn:
Put the LIFE back in Life Science. For the past three decades,
Animalearn has been enlightening the public about the unnecessary use of
animals in science class curricula, and promoting hundreds of amazing
alternatives that can be used instead. These efforts also have a positive
environmental impact.
In this time of crisis, educators and students are adapting to overcome the
unprecedented challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Remote learning
has become the new normal, and with traditional animal dissection not being
an option, alternative methods are being more widely adopted in virtual
classrooms all over the country. Dissection alternatives result in learning
outcomes that equal or surpass traditional dissection, and also allow
students to learn without exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Animalearn has compiled a
comprehensive list of online science resources to
enable students to learn at home without the use of animal specimens, and
also assist teachers who traditionally conduct dissection labs at this time.
Animalearn’s 2019 Humane Student of the Year, Indigo Prasad, recently
checked in to let us know that she is working with her science teacher to
offer a virtual dissection experience for her class using frog models from
our partner companies, SynDaver and Rescue Critters.
By promoting humane education, you are supporting
compassionate learning experiences for students, and also saving animals
like frogs, pigs and cats, who are sacrificed for archaic dissection
exercises.
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