TeachKind’s 2025 Pilot Program Saved Animals and Helped Students!
During the 2024-2025 school year, TeachKind Science’s pilot program reached record numbers, providing resources to hundreds of classes! Each year, TeachKind Science provides non-animal dissection resources for free to teachers for one school year as a replacement for the dissections their course would usually include. This way, our donations can support teachers in taking a humane approach to life science class and limit the number of animals being needlessly killed for animal dissection.
In just one year, TeachKind Science donated material to over 8,000 students who would have dissected animals had it not been for our pilot program, equating to thousands of animals being spared from the dissection tray and in turn, keeping vital ecosystems intact and giving students comprehensive learning experiences with compassion!
The pilot program is transforming how teachers are approaching anatomy, even teachers who have been dissecting for decades are won over when witnessing how their classroom benefits from non-animal dissection. As a result, teachers are making the permanent switch to animal-free because of the overwhelmingly positive experiences they had with our pilot program and have spread the word to other teachers in their district, resulting in hundreds more interested in next year’s pilot program.
Here are just a few of the many wonderful comments we’ve received this year from teachers who participated in our pilot program:
“From the teacher’s side, I loved the price point, ease of clean-up, and the removal of stress from if a student is going to participate or not. I liked how the materials and worksheets were provided and used them to help in the guide for dissections in class. I also enjoyed the fact that I did not have to waste money on materials such as gloves, aprons, and goggles.”
“This was great! Students loved this activity. I think they really liked not having the ‘gross factor’. They had fun and EVERYONE wanted to participate.”
“My students had their unit test yesterday on invertebrates and they were able to use the 3D model too during the test. I did not have anyone score lower than a ‘B’ so I can say that the hands-on tangible models really helped them. I also wanted to point out if this was a live dissection they wouldn’t have had that opportunity to keep the dissected animal and use it on the test, so this is the way to go!”
“The children were so appreciative that these were not real frogs. They did not want to dissect real frogs. We are so very appreciative of what you all have provided as a replacement for real frogs. I think teachers and schools would absolutely use these (Kind Frogs) long-term. That’s another benefit; they can be used multiple times. My class enjoyed stitching them back up too.”
“The next day (after the non-animal, humane worm unit) we did our spring planting in our outdoor garden, and we found several earthworms. Because the kids had already been introduced to the parts of the worm (with paper model kits instead of a dissection), they had RESPECT for the worm and wanted me to hold it so they could examine it. At the beginning of the year, I had problems with the boys stomping on bugs and worms. This curriculum that you’ve purchased for us has helped make a visible difference in their approach to animals already”
With teachers making the switch to non-animal teaching methods, their students have been able to be more open about their ethical concerns with animal dissection.
Quotes from real students about animal dissection:
“I’m homeschooled so I have my mom as my teacher. We were given an animal to dissect even though I didn’t want to, I dissected it. And now, a year later, I don’t remember any of the information about the animal’s body; I remember going outside and crying while burying its body. The killing of these creatures who did nothing wrong MUST STOP. Thank you for your time.”
“Nobody actually wants to dissect a real dead animal, it’s gross. And that just means it’s really a waste and most kids are fine dissecting fake animals, it’s better anyway.”
“I liked this dissection over others with real animals I have done in the past and thought that I could see the organ a lot better and thought it was more fun and not totally disgusting and smelly for a week after. Thanks for the kits!”
“Before I thought dissecting a dead animal was cool, but I didn’t know how bad it was for the environment, now I think it is better to dissect fake animals”
Your Class Can Be Next!
Interested in joining the pilot program this school year? Here is a sneak peek of just some of the options:
- Your class can receive immersive, non-animal dissection resources such as class sets of dissectible, synthetic Kind Frogs for experience with dissection tools.
- Artistic students can delve into their science side with crafty paper anatomy kits to learn body systems.
- Students can learn about the digestive system by watching food go through their peer’s digestive tract with the help of augmented reality tools.
Non-animal teaching tools are piquing students’ interest in science, increasing learning comprehension, and saving animals and their environment. Be a part of the shift to humane science teaching and do it for free with our help. You can reach out to the TeachKind Science team directly at [email protected] or inquire about our program today!
To be considered for our pilot program, please fill out and submit the form at the bottom of this page. Then we’ll be in touch with more details.
Please note: This offer is only available to educators in the United States and Canada.