As we enter the final week of Unit 5: Inheritance and Meiosis, we turn our attention toward the process of reproduction.  Class begins with a video which explains the process of human fertilization.  After a brief class discussion about what was learned and what questions remain, students were assigned a reading from the textbook along with the questions below:

In the BSCS textbook, read “Making More People” (p.477-481)

1. How many ova are found in the ovaries of a newborn baby?
2. How many ova mature into healthy ova?
3. Where and when do ova begin maturing?
4. Where are mature ova fertilized by sperm?
5. Where are sperm formed?
6. How long does it take an individual sperm to develop?
7. How do sperm obtain the energy to swim through the female reproductive tract?
8. How and why does the male body regulate testicle temperature?
9. Explain the difference between a zygote, an embryo, and a fetus.
10. What determines when a woman is ready to begin labor?

Turn in your response for credit and review the Reproductive Strategies Project assignment that we will formally begin as a class tomorrow.