Students on Secondary Campus have completed their last ever Science Club lesson by performing a rat dissection.

A rat dissection is conducted to explore the internal structure and function of basic mammalian anatomy. The purpose of this exercise is to explore the alimentary canal of the rat and observe the different parts of the digestive system. By looking at the length of the digestive system of the rat, information about their dietary pattern can be determined, and comparisons made between the rat and other mammals such as omnivores, carnivores and herbivores. Because the rat is a placental mammal and an omnivore it has a body structure very similar to that of humans.