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Young Scientists One University of Northern Iowa professor, with
the help of several UNI students, is helping middle school
students at Hoover Middle School in Waterloo broaden their
understanding of science. Using plastic culture dishes, saline
solution and an incubator from UNI, Darrell Wiens, UNI professor
of biology (http://www.biology.uni.edu/), helped Lesley
Taylorson's science class incubate a batch of fertile eggs and
hatch them. Following UNI students' demonstration the elementary
students isolated the embryos, put them in a dish and examined
them under a microscope. The image from the microscope was
viewed on a magnified TV screen so the class could discuss their
observations. Wiens says the early chick embryo forms the same
fundamental anatomy as humans, only much faster. Leslie
Taylorson, Hoover Middle School seventh grade science teacher,
looks on as her students discover the chick embryos first hand.
Wiens says, "Lesley Taylorson's s