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Stages of growth

Stages of growth. Know about the stages of human growth. Understand reasons for different gestation periods. Describe some problems in human growth. Starter: How do a single human sperm and egg produce a mature baby after 9 months?. Put these growth stages in order. Adolescent. Infant.

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Stages of growth

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  1. Stages of growth Know about the stages of human growth. Understand reasons for different gestation periods. Describe some problems in human growth. Starter: How do a single human sperm and egg produce a mature baby after 9 months?

  2. Put these growth stages in order Adolescent Infant Old man Adult Child

  3. Childbirth

  4. Name the offspring of these animals Bear cub Beaver kit Cat kitten Cow calf Dog puppy Duck duckling Goose gosling Hen pullet Horse foal Kangaroo joey Pig piglet Pigeon squab Rat kitten Shark cub Swan cygnet

  5. Gestation periods

  6. Work to do • Is there a correlation between type of animal and length of gestation period? • How does this explain why some animals have longer gestation periods? • Do animals with shorter gestation periods tend to have more or less offspring?

  7. Work to do • Read the section in the text book (page 35) on growth of a baby. • Answer question 15.

  8. Stages of growth Know about the stages of human growth. Understand reasons for different gestation periods. Describe some problems in human growth. Plenary: Answers to worksheet on growth curves.

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