| Lesson Number |
At-Home Activity
(Parental involvement and/or supervision are essential while
students carry out these activities.) |
8.2
Investigation: Examining Plant Embryos |
Collect a variety of seeds around
your home and examine them. With your teacher's permission, take
them to class and examine them under a dissecting microscope. |
8.3
Investigation: Germinating Seeds |
Conduct further research into the
effects of light, temperature, acidity and alkalinity on plant
growth. Does your research support your original hypothesis in
this investigation? If not, how will you modify it?
|
8.4
Activity: Eggs and Embryo Development |
Try to locate a double-yolk egg and
identify all its structures. |
| Career Profile: Working to Improve
Women's Health |
Investigate the different types of
nursing programs available in colleges and universities in Ontario.
|
8.7
Comparing Embryo Development |
Make a list of the similarities and
differences between the chicken, human, pig and salamander in
terms of the mode of reproduction and offspring development. (For
example, all four species are produced as a result of sexual reproduction;
however, the chicken lays an egg while the human carries the embryo
in the womb and nurtures it via the placenta.)
|
8.8
The Human Embryo |
Interview a family member or acquaintance
who has given birth to a child. Inquire about her recollections
of pregnancy, including bodily changes, weight gain, morning sickness,
fetal movement, etc. |
8.9
Explore an Issue: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
Share your research into the issue
of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome with family members and solicit their
views on the issue. |
8.10
Birth |
Interview a family member or acquaintance
about her childbirth experiences. Possible topics might be the
duration of labour, possible complications, breast-feeding after
birth, etc.
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| Chapter
8 Review |
The Chapter Review (pp. 256-257) in
your textbook lists all the Key Expectations you have covered
in the chapter and identifies the specific lessons in which the
knowledge and skills have been developed.
You can use the Key Expectations list to help you create a personal
study guide in preparation for an end-of-chapter test:
- Copy down the list of learning expectations from your textbook.
- For each learning expectation, locate the appropriate lesson(s)
in the unit where the expectation was covered. These are identified
in parentheses at the end of each expectation (e.g., 8.2).
- Flip to the appropriate lesson(s) for each expectation and
make study notes of the key ideas or skills you learned.
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