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Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7B: Reproduction

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Resources

Resources include:

  • secondary sources: video clips, photographs about reproduction in animals, eg fish, frogs, where fertilisation is external
  • video clips, models, photographs, software simulations and ultrasound scans illustrating the human reproductive organs, fertilisation, gestation, birth, menstruation and the menstrual cycle
  • secondary sources providing information about the effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and rubella on the developing foetus
  • video clips showing responses of a newborn baby and other animals, eg deer, birds, kittens, immediately after birth/hatching
  • data about egg production, gestation time, time to maturity, survival rates of humans and other species
  • data, eg height/weight charts, showing expected ranges
  • secondary sources providing information about height/weight/growth of human offspring in the past
  • access to ICT data-handling package

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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