Freshmen Cohl Obwald dissects a squid during biology‘s first dissection lab of the year, April 12. 

Each week the class partakes in a lab on block days. This week’s lab is the annual squid dissection.

The class is currently in their animal unit, identifying and studying different classifications of animals.

Students are required to examine the several major organs and unique features of a squid. They remove the oil sack, beak, back bone and jaw, and count the number of tentacles. A squid has two tentacles and eight arms, creating a total of ten limbs.

Groups must also identify the gender of their squid.

At the end of the lab, students poke the squid’s oil sack and write their initials with the ink. 

Do you remember dissecting squids in biology? Let us know in the comments down below!

To read about last year’s squid dissection lab, check out Cephalopod dissection.

Slideshow below includes images from second period biology squid dissection lab.

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