Third-grader Ruth Anne Buckner, the daughter of Eddie and Megan Buckner, looks hesitantly at a dogfish shark she and classmates are about to dissect. Students in Ann Haden’s GATES class at Beechwood Elementary were participating in the project Friday. Below, sixth-graders Mack Foley, left, the son of Mike and Lisa Foley, and Jacob Alford, the son of Jessica Miller, dig in.