“Do I Need to Know This for the Exam?” Using Popular Media, Inquiry-based Laboratories, and a Community of Scientific Practice to Motivate Students to Learn Developmental Biology

We thank all of the students who participated in the Developmental Biology course, Pablo F. Weaver for managing the laboratory and review of the manuscript, Dr. Barbara Lom for helpful discussions, and Drs. Jeremy Korr and Kathleen F. Weaver for review of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by the NSF DUE 0632831, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the University of La Verne.