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Animal Reproduction and Development
Details of fertilization, cleavage, the placenta and fetal development are presented, along with important diagrams and illustrations. By using these slides, you and your students will generate discussion points, along with details...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Students observes how drinking alcohol while pregnant affects the placenta with a simulation.
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Pregnancy Search
In this medical worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms that are related to pregnancy. There are 54 health words located in the puzzle.
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Pregnancy, day 1
A health lesson presents all aspects of conception and pregnancy. Fourth through sixth-graders define terms associated with pregnancy, label a chart of a woman, and discuss how pregnancy occurs. Some excellent activities and a wonderful...
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Environment: Endangered Mammal Project
Students research different mammals and create illustrations and narratives about them. Working individually or in small groups, students compose their rough drafts prior to creating their posters or dioramas. Students present short...
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Environmental Causes of Birth Defects
Get your high schoolers thinking about the factors that lead to birth defects. They examine how environmental factors and personal choices can cause birth defects in unborn children. They discover the effects of various handicaps such as...
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The Nash Case -- Identifying, Choosing and Using Genes
Students complete a variety of exercises as they examine the case of the Nash family who conceived one child in order to provide cells that may be used in a cell transplant for a dying sibling.
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Obesity
Young scholars examine how hormones affect different tissues. In groups, they make their own hormone-receptor model and identify the characteristics of tissues that respond to the different hormones. To end the lesson plan, they examine...
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Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
High schoolers comprehend the difference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. They are able to compare and contrast these organisms (Australian mammals) with other mammals. Students are able to identify Australian...
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The Affects of Hormones on Human Development
Learners examine the types of changes they are experiencing during adolescence. As a class, they are introduced to the physical changes in men and women and discover the functions of various glands. In groups, they research the affect...
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Australian Mammals: Evolultionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
Students examine the differences between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals and are able to contrast these organisms with other mammals. They learn about unique variation and the diversity of mammals located in Australia.
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Preventing and Treating Disease
In this disease learning exercise, students will review the organs associated with the immune system including their specific functions. This learning exercise has 10 matching, 8 true or false, and 5 short answer questions.
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Birth, Growing, and Aging
In this human development worksheet, students will review the three stages of birth and how your growth rate changes from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. This worksheet has 3 short answer questions, 4 fill in the blank, and 5...
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Development Before Birth
In this development worksheet, high schoolers review the process of fertilization in placental organisms. Students determine what trimester certain events take place in a fetus' development. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank and 7...
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Diversity of Mammals
In this mammals worksheet, high schoolers compare and contrast the three types of mammals: placental, marsupial, and monotreme. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 12 matching, and 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Mammals
In this mammals worksheet, students review terms associated with the different types of mammals. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 4 matching questions.
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The Science of HIV
Students research about the characteristics of HIV. In this biology lesson, students cite ways to prevent AIDS especially among uninformed teens. They plan a community awareness campaign targeting teens.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Placenta
A brief but informative description of the placenta. Includes various links to further explain terminology used in the description.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Aafp: American Family Physician: Examination of the Placenta
This detailed article from American Family Physician journal covers a number of topics ranging from the clinical characteristics of the normal placenta to potential abnormalities of the placenta. The text is supplemented with actual...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fetal Development and the Placenta
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the role of the placenta during fetal development.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Gonadal and Placental Hormones
Students will identify the most important hormones produced by the testes and ovaries, and learn about the hormones produced by the placenta.
Other
Babycenter: Pregnancy Complications
Articles on conditions and complications that can affect pregnancy. Also includes one video, several bulletin boards, and polls.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Placental Mammals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how reproduction takes place in placental mammals.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Pregnancy and Childbirth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While a woman is pregnant, the developing baby may be called an embryo or a fetus. The embryo stage lasts until the end of the 8th week after fertilization. After...