Opp Middle School students got a first-hand look and feel of what an embryonic sheep’s organs look like on Tuesday.

Sterling Driver, science teacher at OMS, said this is the first year that the sheep has been offered for dissection.

Students will spread their dissection across three days.

“They are doing this to relate the function to our organs since we are both mammals,” he said. “A lot of students tend to learn more with hands-on activities. My hope it that this might get them interested in the medical field or becoming a veterinarian.”

Driver invited some seniors back to his class. The senior class was his first class to participate in the dissection process.

Hal Smithart said the parts were cold.

“I’m not grossed out by it,” he said. “It looks different than I thought it would.”

Callie Cassady and Karen Catrett, who were in a lab group, said they learned how to cut out organs.

“I don’t like it, but it’s fun. It’s different than classwork,” Cassady. “I love science.”

Krusha Patel and Emily Mitchell said they learned that the gallbladder was under the liver and the kidneys are on opposite ends.