Mrs. Pam Miller's Outline for Developmental Biology Unit of Biology II,
Seaside High School, CA
PRIOR UNITS:
Science & the Scientists - an historical perspective/ the development of scientific thought.
The Dynamic Cell - chemistry, structure, function, & cell cycles
Genetics - traditional Mendelian genetics, molecular genetics, human genetics
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY / SEA URCHIN LABS:
Background Reading - "Reproduction & Development", Nature of Life
Film - Developmental Biology
Video Segment - "Reproduction in the Rocky Shore", from Monterey Bay Aquarium video
Student Brainstorming Questions - "What do you want to know about developmental biology?"
Introduction to the Stages of Development:
Brief lecture/illustrations on overhead projector
Prepared slides of urchin, frog, & chicken development
----unfertilized eggs
----early cleavage
----blastula
----gastrula
----pluteus of urchin
----in frog & chicken - neurula
Laserdisk Views of Urchin, Frog Development
Stills & videos
Laboratory Activities Fertilization of sea urchin eggs
Review lab procedures & assign responsibilities Inject urchins, harvest egg & sperm
View eggs & sperm as a class using video microscope
Individual viewing of eggs, sperm & fertilization
Collect fertilized eggs, aerate & view throughout next week, recording & drawing stages to document
Film - The Search for the Organizer, experiments of Spemann, Gurdon
Medaka Egg Development
The seasons, length of day, and reproduction cycles
Stage of development
Variable in development
In Vitro Fertilization of Frog Eggs
Review lab procedures & assign responsibilities
Inject frogs, dissect male frogs, prepare sperm suspension
Harvest eggs
View eggs & sperm as a class using video microscope
Individual viewing of eggs, sperm and fertilization
Collect fert. eggs, aerate & view throughout next week, recording & drawing stages to document.
Variables & experimentation
Classic Article Gurdon - "Transplanted Nuclei and Cell Differentiation"
Video - reading & analysis questions
Human Development
Male/female hormones & development - biofeedback
Film - Hormones Oogenesis & spermatogenesis
Slide program - Human Conception & Early Embryology 3 germ layers & development
Stages of human development and birth
Film - Miracle of Life The placenta & its function
