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Dissection

Photo of a student dissecting a KindFrog with teachers looking on
ScienceGrades 9-12

Hear What Teachers Say About Kind Frog!

Discover why educators prefer Kind Frog over traditional animal dissection. From ethics to cleanup to environmental benefits and costs, hear …

Logo for animal-free dissection
ScienceGrades 9-12

Dissection Is Dangerous, Unethical, Unnecessary: Why?

Animal dissection is a classroom activity that hasn’t changed in a century, resulting in millions of animals being killed for …

kind frog, a synthetic frog
Science

Humane Dissection for Your School

Enrollment is now open for this year’s TeachKind Science pilot program for teachers who would like to take an effective, …

What’s New

Plush Ratty
Grades PreK-2

Rethinking the Classroom ‘Pet’: Meet Ratty!

Discover humane alternatives to classroom pets with Ratty, a stuffed classroom companion that helps students build empathy, kindness, and responsibility—without using live animals.

Cute white rat
© iStock.com/Pijus Ash
English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak”: Encouraging Compassion for All (Reader’s Theater)

“Sheldon Hears a Squeak” helps children explore what it means to see things from the point of view of even the smallest animals, and this can lead to more compassion for all living beings.

English Language ArtsGrades 6-8

Analyze Some of PETA’s Most Powerful Ads With Our President

While studying rhetoric and persuasive writing, students can learn from these eye-catching ad campaigns.

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