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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7B: Reproduction
Section 1: a. How does a new life start?

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Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that animals have different patterns of reproduction and development
  • to make notes, summaries, etc to clarify ideas and thinking which can be used later

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Provide pupils with stimulus material, eg pictures, video clips, to review their knowledge of reproduction in animals. Ask pupils to find out about the reproduction and development of certain animals, eg fish, frogs, including information on fertilisation using texts, CD-ROMs and to make notes or summaries of their ideas.
  • Discuss how eggs are fertilised externally in some animals, eg fish, frogs, using video clips as illustrations and pointing out the numbers of eggs fertilised at one time. Ask pupils to suggest why this is.
  • state that a new life starts when a sperm fertilises an egg
  • suggest reasons why large numbers of eggs, eg of fish and frogs, are fertilised at one time
  • note key points about the reproduction of a particular animal

Points to note

  • Extension: pupils could be asked to find out about theories of reproduction, eg the homunculus theory, held before cells were discovered.

Sections in this unit

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1. a. How does a new life start?
2. b. How does a new life start?
3. c. How does a new life start?
4. d. How does a new life start?
5. e. How does a new life start?
6. When can human fertilisation take place?
7. a. How is the human foetus supported as it develops?
8. b. How is the human foetus supported as it develops?
9. What do newborn babies need?
10. Checking progress
11. a. How do humans change as they grow?
12. b. How do humans change as they grow?
13. c. How do humans change as they grow?
14. Reviewing work