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Students begin by using clay to model fertilization and early development of sea urchins and chordates. They move on to mixing live sea urchin sperm and ova together to observe, diagram and record events occurring in fertilization and development over a 1-2 day period.

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anatomy, physiology, fertilization, marine life

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anatomy and physiology, cell cleavage, fertilization, formation of blastula, gastrulation, marine biology, morphogenesis, organogenisis, sea urchin, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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