I believe that animal dissections are important in schools so that the students may learn about the body systems. They help us understand where each body part is and the function of said part. After dissecting a worm in sixth grade a frog this year, I was able to understand the location of each body part and the function of the body part to help the animal to survive. I think I was able to understand more about the body because we did hands on experiments instead of just reading about it. Doing the actual experiment and seeing with our own eyes the different body parts was more fun to me than reading about it in a book.