To accomplish this goal under the conditions of ever-accelerating expansion of society's technological knowledge base, there must be constant efficient communication between those teaching science and those practicing science. We must carefully choose how we teach our students these methods of inquiry. Furthermore, we must maintain the interest of, and be accessible to all students.

It is our vision, to connect the nation's high school science teachers to the country's top laboratories through a set of curricula designed with the National Science Education Standards in mind. Because the sea urchin gamete system is so effective at conveying the principles of reproduction and early development, AND because these eggs and sperm lend themselves so readily to experimentation and inquiry, we have begun to implement this vision using the laboratory of David Epel at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station.