Marsilea: The Fast Fern
The aquatic fern, Marsilea (sometimes called “water clover”), is a useful teaching organism because of the speed with which gametophyte development proceeds.

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A Cross-Curricular Molecular Genetics Lab in Embryology
In response to the need for additional interdisciplinary, research-based labs that facilitate student learning across the biology curriculum, a student research project was developed as collaboration ...

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A Developmental Study of the Japanese Medaka Oryzias latipes and the Water Fern Marsilea
This exercise is a demonstration and is observation based. It requires students to carefully study the materials provided.

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A Holistic Approach to Teaching a Laboratory, Using Sea Urchin Development as an Example System
This exercise uses brainstorming, writing, and oral presentation techniques within the framework of a laboratory to illustrate the basic principles of early development. In groups, students learn how ...

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A Practical Guide to the Use of Cellular Slime Molds for laboratory Exercises and Experiments
The cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, is particularly well suited for laboratory instruction in a variety of areas, including cellular biology, developmental biology, biochemistry,...

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A Question-based Project that Uses a MAP Kinase Western Blot to Examine the Role of Calcium in Sea Urchin Fertilization
Sea urchins are a well-established model system for studying fertilization and early development. Urchin gametes are also an excellent tool for teaching cell biology in the laboratory, allowing studen...

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An Examination of the Influence of Diet on the Growth,Development and Survival of Manduca sexta
In this multi-week lab, students are asked to design and implement an experiment to investigate how nutrition influences the growth, development and survival of Manduca sexta.

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Chick Embryos in Shell-less Culture
Continuous observation of developing embryos from day 3 up to day 18 of incubation allows students to see differentiation of extra embryonic membranes and circulation, limb bud, heart, and feathers as...

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Chicks and their Genes: A Collaborative Method for Teaching Upper-Division Laboratory Courses at a Small Women’s College
Upper-division college biology courses are often taught separately, with information compartmentalized under course titles such as “Animal Behavior” or “Genetics.” The consequence of dividing the biol...

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Developmental and Physiological Aspects of the Chicken
A laboratory exercise to explore the basic principles of vertebrate heart development, blood flow and electrical circuitry.

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