Net Frog 2001: About the On line dissection

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Pentium PC I, II, III, IV: 166+MHz, or

AMD Athlon, Duron, K6: 133+MHz

32MB RAM

32-bit color

Recommended Screen resolution: 800X600

Macintosh, Powermac 8.1 - OS X
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133+MHz, or

32MB RAM

32-bit color

Recommended Screen resolution: 800X600

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Quicktime Audio and Movies

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Here are a few examples of the different ways you can learn about frog dissection and anatomy on Net Frog.

Go to Dissection	Each page explores a step in the frog dissection process, beginning with the materials set up, and concluding with a review and quiz. Each step is illustrated with images and links to additional facts, movies and activities.

You can listen to narrators Wayne Conners and Jean Foss as you explore the dissection images. Just click on the Quicktime play button on each dissection page that looks like this image: .
When you see the video graphic on a dissection page, you can link to a movie of biology teachers, Martha Foss and Richard Strauss, demonstrating the main steps of the dissection.
Click on the "Did You Know" graphics to learn interesting and fun facts about frogs. You can view these facts along the way, or link to them from the "Clean-up" review page at the end of the dissection.
"Try It" is a fun way to practice your knowledge of frog anatomy as you learn about each step of the frog dissection.

Select a frog to learn about the history of Net Frog, its designers, developers, researchers, and publications.

Voted among the top 500 web sites by IWAY magazine (2/96), among the top 5% of all web sites by Point Survey, and among the top 20 educational sites be B.E.S.T. (5/96).

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Disclaimer

Net Frog Copyright

The documents and information on this web site are copyrighted materials of Mable Kinzie, Richard Strauss, Jean Foss, Bill Looney, Jason Mitchell, and Marti Julian. Reproduction or storage of materials retrieved from this service are subject to the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, Title 17 U.S.C. Specifically, this material may not be redistributed in any form, in whole or in part, without the permission of the authors.

Net Frog Disclaimer

The content of this site is intended to provide a basic understanding and knowledge of frog anatomy and physiology and the dissection of a frog. The site provides images and video clips of an actual frog dissection. Teachers or those providing the learning experience may wish to review the content prior to using the site. We provide links on this site to external resources that are not under the control of Net Frog. Please notify us of broken links or pages not found. We invite your comments and suggestions.

Created on ... December 5, 2001