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Description Resources for using sea urchins to learn about fertilization and early development (and sea urchins!)
Type of Resource Annotated Collection
Format
Multiple Formats
Author
SDB ,
Society for Developmental Biology
Grade/Age Levels
Middle School (Grades 6-8) High School lower division (Grades 9-10) High School upper division (Grades 11-12) Undergraduate lower division (Grades 13-14) Undergraduate upper division (Grades 15-16) Graduate Continuing Education General Public
Pedagogies
Active learning/discovery learning ,
Bicultural/bilingual education ,
Case-based/case study approach ,
Class/group discussion ,
Computer-assisted learning ,
Content/background information ,
Cooperative/small-group learning ,
Critical analysis/critical thinking ,
Data analysis, collection, interpretation ,
Demonstrations ,
Essay tests ,
Hands-on learning ,
Hypothesis testing ,
Independent study ,
Inquiry-based learning ,
Laboratory experiment ,
Large-group instruction ,
Learning centers ,
Multimedia/audiovisual instruction ,
Non-graded student evaluation ,
Other instructional technology use ,
Peer evaluation ,
Peer teaching ,
Performance-based assessment ,
Problem sets/word problems ,
Problem-based learning ,
Self-evaluation ,
Student-centered instruction ,
Teacher-centered/traditional instruction ,
Testing techniques ,
Tutorial or self-directed instruction ,
Ungraded classes
Learning Time
>9 hours
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Cultural Aspects
Historical (specific eras)
Type of Review Reviewed by Partner Organization
Keywords
Abnormal ,
Activation ,
Active learning ,
Adult ,
Alcohol ,
Anaerobic ,
Animal ,
Anoxia ,
Behavior ,
Biography ,
Blastomere ,
Caffeine ,
Calcium ,
Career ,
Cell ,
Cell cycle ,
Chemistry ,
chimera ,
Chromosome ,
Classroom research ,
Cleavage ,
Cloning ,
computer-based ,
Concentration ,
Culture ,
Cytoskeleton ,
Damage ,
Depolarization ,
Development ,
Diet ,
Differentiation ,
Diffusion ,
Discovery learning ,
DNA ,
Drug ,
Ectoderm ,
Education ,
Educational model ,
Educational research ,
Embryo ,
Endoderm ,
Energy ,
Environmental factors ,
Esophagus ,
Ethics ,
Evaluation tool ,
Evolution ,
Exercise ,
Experimental design ,
Feeding ,
Female ,
Fertilization ,
Fluid ,
Force ,
Game ,
Gamete ,
Gastrulation ,
Gene ,
Genetic ,
Germ cells ,
Gestational biology ,
Gradient ,
Growth ,
Heat shock ,
Hematocrit ,
Hydrostatic ,
Hyperosmotic ,
Hypertonic ,
Hypothermia ,
Hypotonic ,
Hypoxia ,
Imaging ,
Injury ,
Invertebrate ,
Ion ,
Isotonic ,
Laboratory animal ,
Learning ,
Learning assessment ,
Light ,
Male ,
Mathematical model ,
Meiosis ,
Membrane ,
Mesoderm ,
Metamorphosis ,
Microscopy ,
Microtubule ,
Mitosis ,
Model ,
Model organism ,
Model system ,
Modeling ,
Molarity ,
Morphogenesis ,
Morphology ,
Motility ,
Mouth ,
Movement ,
Multimedia ,
Muscle ,
Nitric oxide ,
Normal ,
Nucleus ,
Organic ,
Osmolality ,
Osmolarity ,
Osmolyte ,
Osmoregulation ,
Osmotic ,
Osmotic pressure ,
Ovulation ,
Oxygen ,
Permeability ,
Pollution ,
Problem-based learning ,
Protein ,
Reproduction ,
Science education ,
Scientific literacy ,
Scientific method ,
Sea Urchin ,
sea urchins ,
Sodium ,
Solute ,
Solution ,
Spectroscopy ,
Standards ,
Statistics ,
Stimulant ,
Stomach ,
Stress ,
Teacher education ,
Teaching ,
Teaching material ,
Teaching method ,
Temperature ,
Test question ,
Training ,
Vascular ,
Vertebrate ,
Vision ,
Volume ,
Water ,
Zygote
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This collection includes material on using urchin embryos to teach about fertilization, dilution, cleavage, morphogenesis, etc, and some historical information about scientists who used urchins in their research to add perspective and to humanize science.
—Diana Darnell, U of Arizona
