Very cool science class today

Yesterday we found that the dogs had killed a small monitor lizard in our backyard. So my science teacher husband decided to do what any good science teacher would do...put in the refrigerator and save it to take to school the next day. He did use double ziplock bags. (Here in Africa we wash and reuse everything, but I will not reuse those.) Toward the end of school, we rearranged our schedule so that we would all have science together today. Then David took out the Nile monitor lizard. He is such a great teacher! He had the students feel the scaly skin as he asked them all kinds of questions to get the kids thinking about reptiles in general and then some discussion about Nile monitor lizards in particular. Then he did a dissection. It was so cool to learn about the anatomy and even open up the stomach to see what a small monitor lizard eats. Our students were mostly fascinated; a few were grossed out. I'm guessing not many American kids even get to see a monitor lizard, but our students got to see, touch and dissect one on their second day of school here in Uganda. How cool! Here is a photo from our science class today. Of course Ezra was right up front! He loved every minute of it!