Types of Reproduction
Types of Reproduction
Objectives
In this lesson, students will contrast methods of sexual and asexual reproduction in various organisms. Students will:
- compare sexual and asexual reproduction.
- explain the reproduction methods of asexual and sexual organisms.
- research and describe various kinds of reproduction in diverse living things.
Essential Questions
Vocabulary
- Asexual Reproduction: One parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
- Chromosome: A condensed strand of DNA in the cells of all organisms.
- Egg: Female sex cell.
- Fertilization: The joining of male and female sex cells to form a new organism.
- Gamete: Sex cell; also called germ cell.
- Gene: Part of a chromosome that carries genetic information that determines the characteristics that organisms can inherit from their parents.
- Offspring: New organism that results from asexual or sexual reproduction.
- Sexual Reproduction: The joining of a female egg and a male sperm to produce offspring; two parents are involved; offspring are genetically different from each parent.
- Sperm: Male sex cell.
Duration
90 minutes/2 class periods
Prerequisite Skills
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Materials
- large chart paper or poster paper, one sheet per small group
- markers, one of a different color per small group
- Reproduction Chart (S-8-2-1_Reproduction Chart.doc)
- Reproduction Chart Template (S-8-2-1_Reproduction Chart Template.docx)
- computers with Internet access (optional for Part 2)
Related Unit and Lesson Plans
Related Materials & Resources
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- The Mating Game (click view in the media type: Flash Interactive box)
www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.evo.matinggame/
- Reproductive adaptations of living things
www.life.umd.edu/grad/mlfsc/res/Adaptations.ppt
- Flower Structure and Reproduction
www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/flower_coloring.html
- The Seedy Side of Plants
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/plants/planet.html
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DRAFT 05/13/2011