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Meet Mateo
Observe first, then write a testable question.
Back to the Craniofacial Research Track
Seven-Lesson Foundations
Learn how a face is built by following the evidence
Each lesson begins with an illustrated analogy, asks you to build the rule, transfers that rule to real biology, and ends with a concrete decision. The answer becomes the next lesson's starting point.
Everything required is on this page. Outside research is optional. CF-001 is a composite teaching case and is not a real patient record or diagnosis.
Start with the student supports
Read the case, then use the explainer and glossary whenever a term is new.
Composite Case File CF-001
Observations, timeline, evidence cards, claim ceilings, figures, and the final case board.
Student Explainer and Glossary
One short ninth-grade reading per lesson, plain-English definitions, illustrations, and optional links for more.
Seven aligned lessons
Every deck has the analogy visual, Socratic questions, a biology illustration, a real mechanism, and a decision.
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How a Face Is Built
Tissues grow, move, meet, and join on a schedule.
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A Cleft Marks a Step That Did Not Finish
A cleft names the result, not one single cause.
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The Cells That Build the Face
Neural crest cells travel to the facial build site.
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How Cells Choose What to Become
Internal state and outside cues guide cell fate.
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Fusion Requires Sculpting
Contact is followed by active seam remodeling.
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From a Gene Instruction to a Cell Behavior
DNA becomes RNA, protein, and context-specific cell behavior.
Teacher planning and quality audit
The lesson-plan guide explains each move, why it happens in that order, and what students produce. The red-team audit maps every task to the evidence supplied inside the unit.
Seven-Lesson Plan Guide
Red-Team Audit
Observe. Question. Test. Revise. Go Hornets.