One
of Dr Quilter's embryo models
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Modelling a one-month human embryo
Some people can understand solid shapes just by
looking at pictures, but others need to handle them.
Dr Colin Quilter at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has
developed an illustrated instruction kit for making your own fourth-week
embryo from heat-curable modelling material in about 3 hours.
All
the information you need, whether to make one model in your own
kitchen or to organize model-building for a large class, can be
downloaded from his modelling
website.
His students say that it’s fun to do and helps them lay down long-lasting
memories about embryonic structure. As a spin-off you will get
an attractive, permanent, colour-coded model, about 100 mm long,
that you can put on show to intrigue your friends. The photo shows
a completed model before labelling and mounting.
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