Nursing pre-reqs

[cookderosa]

Fascinating. How does that work, exactly? Do they ship you skeletons, and how do you gain access to equipment like microscopes? I just have never imagined such a thing. It sounds like an excellent lab!

You buy them. You can see an example of a good home-based-lab business here, but there are many. LabPaq Photos | Hands On Labs I used that company for chemistry, microbiology, biology, and A&P I / II. While anyone can order (like for my highschool son is doing for AP Bio) these companies work with your college's lab professors to assemble kits so the student does the same labs as on campus and can use the same lab manual, etc.

At Ocean, where I attended, we had a virtual cadaver, which was (is) an amazing- simply amazing- software program. It's called Anatomy and Physiology Revealed. Highly suggest to anyone who doesn't otherwise have access to a cadaver lab. You can see a quick demo here Created by Camtasia Studio 4

I have 4 microscopes: 2 field scopes, 1 with a digital camera eye, and 1 that accepts an oil immersion lens and no fewer than 50 prepared slides. The field scopes were just bought for fun but came in handy on the macro dissections. The equipment (beakers, burners, test tubes, scales, thermometers, dissection kids, stains, etc) are yours to keep. After doing several labs, I have a HUGE lab station in my school room. Anything I want to do with my kids simply means ordering the consumable supplies. You can buy organs, eyes, cats, pigs, elements, etc from companies like Hands-On-Labs or similar companies.