Pathfinder for Sea Urchins

Ms. Mostowy, Ms. Despines, Ms. Rentschler Spring 2015

The following online databases will be useful to you:

Encyclopedia Britannica From home and from school: From the USCHS website, click “Student Links” Select “Encyclopedia Britannica” Username: uschs Password: panther Keyword search: note the tabs on the left for “images and videos” and “related information”

JSTOR From home and from school: From the USCHS website,click “Student Links” Select “Encyclopedia Britannica” Username: uschs Password: panther Keyword search

POWERLibrary GreenFILE From school: From the USCHS website, scroll down and click “Student Links” in the lower right hand corner Select “POWERLibrary” then “List All” then “GreenFILE” Keyword search From home: Go to Township Library website http://www.twpusc.org/library/library-home Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “POWERLIBRARY;” same directions as above You may need to have a Township library card and type in the back barcode.

WorldBook Online From home and from school: From the USCHS website, click “Student Links” Select “WorldBook Online” Username: uschs Password: panther Keyword search

Gale Discovering Collection From home and from school: From the USCHS website, click “Student Links” Select “Gale Discovering Collection” Username: uschs Password: panther (in school) Keyword search The following websites will be helpful to you:

“Why Study Sea Urchins?” Under “Fertilization” click on quicktime view for animated version of shedding gametes http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/urchins/SUindex.html

Introduction to Sea Urchin Development http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/GENOMICS/method/UrchDev.html

Virtual Urchin – Stanford University www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy- uk.org.uk/mag/artjul00/urchin1.html Interactive tutorials Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

YouTube Video: Sea Urchins Divide! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0zL4O45eOU&feature=related

Echinoderms (starfish, brittle star, sea urchin, feather star, sea ... http://www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html#urchin

Echinodermata http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinomm.html Information about echinoderms, spiny sea creatures such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and starfish.

Sea Urchin Photos – National Geographic http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/sea-urchins/ Descriptions and images of types of sea urchins.

Army of Sea Urchins – Planet Earth – BBC Wildlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3W4OCnHyCs

Sea Urchins – Woods Hole Institute http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral/SeaUrchins.html

The Early Development of Sea Urchins http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9987/

Sea Urchins – A- Z http://a-z-animals.com/animals/sea-urchin/