Instructions:
Instructor Preparation: Pre-cut the balloons and
pipe cleaners. Pre-punch holes into the Styro-
foam balls, Styrofoam bells and gum drops.
Place the pieces into separate zipped bags.
Practice making the models and the verbal de-
scriptions.
Instructor introduces the session and determines
what is already known to encourage peer sharing.
Each student receives two zipped plastic bags,
identify the items in each bag as they are de-
scribed and arrange them in their work space.
As students construct the models, the instructor
describes how the parts fit together. The instruc-
tor states the name, number and function of each
part, and their interconnectivity. Verbal explana-
tion with simultaneous tactile demonstration by
each participant is used throughout the exercise
to review information.
Step by Step for Female Anatomy (photo 1):
A short pipe cleaner (urethra) twists around the
hole end of an non-inflated balloon
(bladder). Put aside.
The Styrofoam bell (uterus) has 2 holes pre-
punched opposite each other on the flat
part of the bell. Participants feel the holes
as they insert a short pipe cleaner (fallopian
tube) in each. Each pipe cleaner is then in-
serted into the holes of each Styrofoam ball
(ovary). Another balloon has a half inch cut
off the nipple end (cervix and vaginal canal)
into which the curved bell is inserted. Put
aside.
Cut off an inch from the open end of a balloon
(anus and rectum). Put aside.
Assemble parts sideways: urethra, vagina,
anus. The order of the anatomy from front
to back makes explaining hygiene and toi-
letry concerns easier.
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