Embryology for K12 Students

Notice - Mark Hill

Currently this page is only a template and will be updated (this notice removed when completed).

Introduction

This is page has been made to help the younger student (from K to 12) understand some of the basics of how an embryo grows.

<qt>file=Human_development_001.mov‎|width=360px|height=425px|controller=true|autoplay=true</qt> Cartoon of Human Development

Chicken embryo at 12 days

In humans, the growth of a baby inside a mother takes about 9 months.

In chickens, mice and rats this growth only takes about 3 weeks.

Question: How long does it take for cats and dogs to develop? (Dogs)

During this time a single cell will grow into many different cell types with different shapes and jobs to do in the body.
A similar process will occur in all different embryos.
In humans, many important changes occur in the first few weeks of development and much of the following 9 months is growth.

Lets now follow the growth and changes in the embryo over time.

Views of a Mouse Embryo at 11.5 days (front, right, back and left)

Author Comments
First, use the browser "View" option to zoom in once or twice to make the print larger. These notes are still not yet complete. I am looking for teachers who would like to contribute some suitable content. Note that some content on other content pages may not be suitable for young students. All suitable pages have Category:K12 at the bottom of the page. It is also difficult to make notes suitable to cover the entire K -12 age group. For younger students I suggest showing the movies of embryo growth and other movies. Also the Animal Development pages have many pictures of different animal embryos.

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 2) Embryology Embryology for K12 Students. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryology_for_K12_Students