Inquiry-based High School Biology Using Sea Urchin Fertilization and Development

这个项目使用海胆胚胎提供一个课程模块，以探究为基础的高中生物学。 该课程通过一个新的开放获取网站提供，解决了几个国家科学内容标准，并提供了一系列适合高中生物各级的活动。 该课程还将通过网站提供教学辅助材料，如与每项练习有关的视频演示、动画、延时视频和图像库。 还将包括专业发展的实质性材料，包括将每项活动与国家内容标准联系起来的说明、主要想法和概念的讨论以及与其他相关资源的链接。 对于每个实验室概念，将开发五种类型的活动：课堂湿实验室，虚拟湿实验室，基于网络的生物信息学实验室，数据操作活动和访问主要科学文献的活动。 每个活动都提供了一个独立的课程，教师将能够为9-12年级的生物课程创建一个自定义模块。

This project uses sea urchin embryos to provide a curriculum module for inquiry-based high school biology. The curriculum is provided via a new open access website, addresses several of the National Science Content Standards and provides a range of activities suitable for all levels of high school biology. The curriculum, through the website, will also provide instructional support materials such as video demonstrations, animations, time lapse videos and image galleries relevant to each exercise. Also included will be substantial material for professional development, including descriptions relating each activity to the national content standards, discussion of major ideas and concepts and links to additional pertinent resources. For each lab concept, five types of activities will be developed: classroom wet labs, virtual wet labs, web-based bioinformatics labs, data manipulation activities and activities for accessing the primary scientific literature. Each activity provides an independent lesson and teachers will be able to create a custom module for one to six weeks of biology curriculum in Grades 9-12.