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Equipment Lending Library


Equipment Lending Library

Thanks to the generous support of the Cornell University Biotechnology Program, CIBT has over 30 kits and models that have been developed for use in classrooms. Teachers who have participated in our summer institutes and in regional workshops can borrow kits FREE of CHARGE! The kits are shipped from our Ithaca location to the school and back. Local teachers are encouraged to contact us for pickup before or after school.

  • Only active CIBT alumni may request kits via the new on-line system. Active alumni are alumni that have participated in a CIBT workshop or Return to Campus event within the last three years.
  • All kits must be reserved two weeks in advance of when you will need them.
  • You need to have specific training to borrow the DNA Electrophoresis, Protein Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, and Wolbachia kits. We offer workshops for equipment training several times a year.
  • You can still reserve multiple kits, but each individual kit must be reserved separately.
  • You are taking responsibility for the contents of the kits. Failure to return to the kit in good condition, late or without a survey may result in loss of privileges.
  • You must fill out the survey and content lists included with the kits.

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Fetal Development - Middle/High School

In this kit's corresponding lab activity, students measure pictures of developing cow embryos to generate data for size, and interpret data from graphs to determine embryos' age & mass. They contrast developmental trends in cows with those of humans.

Also included in the kit is a set of color pictures from LIFE magazine's April 1965 issue. The magazine's feature, "Drama of Life Before Birth," shows first-of-their-kind pictures of human fetal development.

This kit includes:

  • Video: Dissection of a Pregnant Bovine Uterus
  • Fetal Development Photos: 12 copies of each phase (36 total)
  • Assorted human fetal development photos
  • Notebook containing:
    • Lending Library Forms
    • Dissection of a pregnant bovine uterus (lab demo) TE
    • Menstrual cycle lab TE
    • Menstrual cycle lab SE
    • Fetal development lab TE
    • Fetal development lab SE
  • 8 Ovary/Uterus slides, plus captions for the slides and captioned photos, #1-6
  • 5 Fetal development slides
  • Laminated photos of the ovaries/uterus

Teachers must supply:

  • String
  • Rulers
  • Calculators
Fetal Development - Middle/High School

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