This publication includes two parts. The first is an embryonic development lab that uses modeling to compare germ layers in developmental biology model organisms. The second part will be a discussion about how I used ChatGPT to create this lab during a week when I had limited time. Using clay to create germ layer models of developing organisms is not a novel lab concept. However, I struggled to find a complete set of instructions for students and did not have the bandwidth to start from scratch. I turned to ChatGPT to generate a student hand out and assignment for the comparative modeling lab. This lab asks students to use different colors of playdough or modeling clay to create 3D models of frog, chicken, and zebrafish embryos before and after gastrulation. The first part of this publication provides the instructions and materials for the embryonic development modeling lab that ChatGPT generated based on my prompts. The second part of this publication, appendix A, provides a walk-through of how I used ChatGPT to create the first part of this lab as well as other ways I have used ChatGPT to develop labs. I have included the prompts I used to generate and modify the lab to suit the needs of my course.
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