On January 25, 2013, in Mr. Bryson’s Green class, we dissected a perch fish. Michael J, Michael S, and Julia were all paired together for the dissection. First, we had to get all the meat off the fish. So we cut through the anus and along a line that ran parallel to the top of the fish. We also cut off the pectoral fin in the process. After that Michael J had to put his finger in the fish’s mouth to feel the teeth. The fish’s mouth is hard to get open and requires strong hands. After that we looked in our fish and discovered it was female. It was a very big and mature fish and it had a lot of eggs. Next, we had to remove the ovaries and look at the organs. Julia was grossed out at this point so she decided to just take pictures. We took the organs out and placed them on the dissection tray. Then we examined the organs. After the dissection we had to wash our tools in soapy water and take our gloves off and wash our hands. The dissection was a very gross but interesting process.