Well my science career has taken an interesting turn as of late and I thought I'd turn to SteemSTEM for some suggestions.
A few months ago I was at a party with a few professors from a local college. They mentioned that they were short on adjunct professors for the upcoming semester. I had some extra time so I offered to help out. They took me up on the offer and put me in charge of a new developmental biology lab while a colleague handles the corresponding lecture. The description of the course is below:
This is a study of the principles of development and their application to animal and plant embryos, regeneration, metamorphosis, cancer and related processes. The laboratory includes observation and experimentation with living animal and plant material, plant tissue culture, and examination of prepared slides. The course consists of three lectures and three hours of laboratory a week.
The book the lecture portion of the class is using is Developmental Biology by Scott F Gilbert
Now here's the problem: The lab portion of this course hasn't been * Ahem * developed yet (pause for canned laughter). To be clear, my colleague at I have a rough outline for the labs we think will work, but it's hard to do something specific for developmental biology that doesn't overlap with typical labs in a molecular biology, genetics, or anatomy course and also fits within three hours.
So, I want to hear from the @SteemSTEM community. Anyone have good ideas for labs that will work here?
Also a follow up query. I haven't been able to find many resources online for creating this type of course so I thought I'd post my labs on Steemit after I make them. If anyone is interested in this sort of thing, let me know.
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