Thursday 14 March 2024
Tuesday 12 March 2024
FERTILISATION, PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
VIDEO: FERTILIZATION, PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
FERTILISATION
When the sperm cell and the egg cell
combine and form one new cell, called a
ZYGOTE.
The zygote divides many times to form a group of cells called an EMBRYO. After about six days, the embryo joins itself to the wall of the
uterus.
PREGNANCY
Pregnancy is the time between the fertilisation of an egg and the birth
of a baby.
Key words related to pregnancy are: PLACENTA, AMNIOTIC SAC, FETUS and UMBILICAL CORD.
BIRTH
Birth is when the baby leaves the uterus through the vagina.
1. Key words related to birth are: navel or belly
button, afterbirth and mammary glands.
MENSTRUATION
It is a series of activities every 28 days that a woman’s ovaries and uterus
perform when the puberty starts.
It includes the OVARIAN CYCLE and the UTERINE CYCLE.
The first day of a menstruation is the beginning of a new ovarian cycle
and a new uterine cycle.
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. PUBERTY
PUBERTY
It is a
process in which the human body prepares itself for the reproductive process. The
reproductive organs become mature and secondary sex characteristics appear:
GIRL’S
CHANGES
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BOY’S
CHANGES
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1.
Hips get wider
2.
Breasts get larger 3. Body hair under arms
4.
Body hair in pubic area
5.
Body get rounder
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1.
Voice gets deeper
2.
Body hair under arms
3.
Body hair on chest
4.
Facial hair
5.
Shoulders get wider
6.
Body hair in pubic area
7.
Muscles get larger |
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Tuesday 5 March 2024
BALANCED DIET PLAN
In this activity you will design a balanced diet plan for a day: 3 meals
1. BREAKFAST 2. LUNCH 3. DINNER
How can you prepare this activity?
Study:
- Healthy plate we have been studying this week.
- Vocabulary of food you would like to use for 3 healthy meals. You will draw and name the food.
- Nutrients that each group of food has.
This is the rubric the teachers will use to assess your diet plan.