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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Why Comparative Embryology Matters in the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this lesson, middle schoolers compare similarities in the embryos of different organisms to look for features that would indicate common ancestry. They will then investigate how understanding this aspect of evolution has real-world...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mitosis Flipbook

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this series of images depicting the process of mitosis in the early embryo of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster to make a mitosis flipbook. In this stage of Drosophila development, nuclei divide very rapidly without cell...