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PBS

Nova Online: Life's Greatest Miracle

For Students 9th - 10th
The miracle of life is featured in this wonderful series of short videos and journal entries. A variety of topics are covered in this well written, authoritative piece.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Embryonic Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the stages of embryonic development that occur before implantation as well as the process of implantation.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Embryologic Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how the different stages of embryonic development relate to the adult structures of the central nervous system, and understand the growth and differentiation of the neural tube.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nova: What Is Evo Devo?

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists can still be surprised! The genetic ingredients that assemble us are similar to those that assemble a fly. NOVA explains the emerging science of evolution developmental biology. This is the science that studies genes at the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Embryo to Duckling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from NOVA: "The Shape of Things" follows the growth of a duck embryo, from a single fertilized egg cell to a complex, hatching duckling. [1:19]
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Website
Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
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PPT
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: How Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Are Made

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated animation explains the basics of embryonic stem cells and how they are established and used.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Single Cell to Embryo

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch this brief animation of the process of a zebrafish egg developing from a single cell into an embryo in 50 hours. Click on other links to watch animations of a zebrafish cell division, migration and differentiation.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope From Egg to Chick

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in a science project of hatching chicks? This website is designed to help you study incubation and embryonic development of chicken eggs. Illustrations also show the parts of an egg and the stages of embryonic...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Human Development Before Birth: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This multiple-choice quiz on human fetal development allows students to get hints for each question and check their answers after submitting.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Marsupials

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how marsupials reproduce.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Embryo Growth and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the embryo forms specialized cells and organs.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania State University

Penn State University: Embryology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.
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Other

Kiddy House: All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Embryonic and Fetal Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the stages of development of an embryo during pregnancy.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Comparative Anatomy: Comparative Embryology

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Match the animals with their embryos and answer questions about their evolutionary ancestry.
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Incubation & Embryology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website is designed to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge on the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Lessons are divided into grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12....
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Andling Eggs

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for candling eggs including the how and why of the egg candling process.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.72 Pregnancy

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand fetal growth during pregnancy in humans.
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Other

Pregnancy and Prenatal Care

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the signs of pregnancy, prenatal care objectives, and pregnancy associated discomforts.
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Graphic
University of Michigan

University of Michigan/human Embryonic Stages

For Students 9th - 10th
Sample images of Carnegie stages of human embryo throught the first trimester.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Fertilization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the events that occur between fertilization and the embryonic stage.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cual Embrion Es Humano?

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibit that explains why the embryos of vertebrates look so much alike.
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Curated OER

Virginia Cooperative Extension: Chicken Embryo

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of a chicken embryo inside an egg.