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The role of procreation is to propagate genetic What would be the impact on other living
material. organisms if one organism lost the ability to
reproduce?
Men and women are set up in such a way that
makes reproduction possible. Should humans exercise the ability to
artificially reproduce? (ex: artificial
Life begins at the cellular level. insemination, IVF, stem cells, cloning,)
Living things require reproduction to survive.
How do the reproductive organs know what
There are ethical implications in the to do?
technologies that have been developed to allow
humans to artificially reproduce. Should a child born from artificial
insemination be allowed to find out who
What are sexually transmitted infections and his/her biological parents are?
how are they spread.
How do sexually transmitted infections
affect reproduction?
Related Misconceptions
Should surrogate mothers be paid for
Women cannot get pregnant during carrying a child that is not theirs?
menstruation.
Knowledge Skills
Identifying structures of the male and
Names and functions of reproductive organs female reproductive systems
and structures.
Identifying the functions of different
Hormone regulation in men and women. structures in the male and female
reproductive systems
Puberty (hormonal cycle, physiological
changes, menstrual cycle). Research how sexually transmitted
infections can affect the reproductive
Reproductive cycle (from fertilization to birth). organs and reproductive cycle.
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and Explain how sexually transmitted infections
prevention. spread.
Other Evidence
Exit cards
Quizzes
3-2-1
Hook A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahWlfnche6g
The above link leads to a video that shows clips of mothers
interacting with their offspring. The point of showing this video
to the students is to trigger their emotions by allowing them to
witness the profound relationship between mother and child in
the animal kingdom. In other words, because many
adolescents are close with their parents, the messages
embedded within the video will gauge the students’ attention.
Entry Point
This video will be used to show the ultimate function of the
reproductive system without introducing any terms or images
that explicitly indicate that students will be learning about the
reproductive system.
“It’s terrible”, “it’s tearing the family apart”, “we don’t know
what to do”, he would tell me. He finally told me what the
problem was. His sister announced that she was homosexual
and had broken up with her high school sweetheart. I didn’t
see what the problem was. The parents , to my surprize, were
a lot more accepting than the brother. I think he worried too
much about what people would say.
As time went by, his sister had a few girlfriends and when I
asked how she was, he avoided the subject. His parents were
accepting of his sister’s choice but he still had not accepted
her change in sexual preference. Sadly, his mother passed
away. His father later met a women who became his new
partner. She was not Italian; but Latino. My friend was
beginning to become depressed from all these changes in his
life. I often wondered why he put so much importance on what
other people did if they did not directly affect his life.
Five years later, his sister got into a serious relationship with a
female of latino descent and they decided to have a baby.
Today, they are the proud parents of twin daughters that were
born with the help of doctors and sperm donors. Can you
guess the origin of the father (sperm donor) Latino! A far cry
from the Italian family values. They want to have another child
so that the other partner can experience what it is like to be
pregnant.
My single friend finally met a great Italian girl. They dated, got
engaged, and got married. She’s older than him, yup, that too
was a problem for him but somehow he seemed to get passed
it. His wife is in her early 40s and the couple have been trying
to have a baby for 2 years. They really want to start a family
and have started the procedures to consult with a doctor to
look at their options.
My friend made himself feel sad and angry for many years for
decisions that didn’t really affect his life and paying too much
attention on other people’s lives took away from his own
happiness.
His Italian family has become simply what it was meant to be
when there are no barriers. A happy sister in a same sex
relationship, both women experiencing motherhood. A father
who is happy in an ethnic relationship and a man and women
who have turned to Science to help them in the miracle of
life.
From: Wiggins, Grant and J. Mc Tighe. (1998). Understanding by Design, Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development
ISBN # 0-87120-313-8 (ppk)
Appendix A
Name: _________________
Performance Task
Fertility Doctor Consultation and Brochure
Task 1: In groups of 4-5 students, you are to create a scene in a fertility clinic.
Duration of Consultation: Between 8-10 minutes.
Scenario: A couple comes to your clinic to consult the fertility doctor because they want
to have a baby.
1. You need to create the scenario with the following people in it:
Receptionist
Doctor
Nurse / Technician
2 patients (you can choose the sexes)
You will need to decide who is the couple and what is their problem?
What questions will each person in the clinic ask the couple from the moment
they walk into the clinic?
What will the couple say to the doctor?
What will the doctor say to the couple?
The consultation will end with the doctor giving the couple a brochure on assisted
fertilization. (The brochure is Part 2 of the assignment)
The brochure must contain any information that would be important for a person
or couple to know when contemplating assistive reproductive technologies.
Name: ________________
Written 4 3 2 1
Brochure
Criteria
Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates little Lacks
thorough sufficient understanding of understanding of
understanding of understanding of topic topic
topic the topic
Five sources used Three sources Two sources used Less than two
Research used sources used
Quality
All (5) sources are Most (3-4) sources Some (1-2) sources No (0) sources are
reliable are reliable are reliable reliable
Oral 4 3 2 1
Consultation
Criteria
Speaks clearly all Speaks clearly Speaks clearly Speaks clearly
of the time most of the time some of the time none of the time
Verbal Speaks audibly all Speaks audibly Speaks audibly Speaks audibly
of the time most of the time some of the time none of the time
skills
Uses scientific Uses scientific Uses scientific Does not use
vocabulary vocabulary to vocabulary scientific
throughout some extent seldom vocabulary
Name: _______________________
3. What is puberty?
Name: ____________________
Activity
Anatomy of the Reproductive System
Given a figure of the male and female anatomy, label all structures of the female and
male reproductive system and define one function of each structure in the space
provided below the diagrams.
Define one function of the structures you labeled above with the corresponding numbers
below.
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________________
Define one function of the structures you labeled above with the corresponding numbers
below.
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________________________
Name: ____________________
Activity
Anatomy of the Reproductive System
Given a figure of the male and female anatomy, label all of the structures of the
reproductive system.
Name: ____________________
Activity
Anatomy of the Reproductive System
Explain in two to three sentences how each of the situations would affect the
reproductive systems of each individual.
Name: _______________
What do I need
clarification on?
Do I feel confident in my
ability to explain what I
learned to someone else?
Appendix F
Name: __________________
Create a diagram of the Create a story that will Debate your point of
male and female explain the role of each view on assisted
reproductive system with the hormone in the male and reproductive
labels and definitions of female reproductive system. techniques.
each structure.
Design a game that uses the Create an informative Create a song / rap
terms that pertain to the PowerPoint about a sexually about reproductive
reproductive system transmitted infection of your hormones and their
choice. (Compulsory) role.
Write an essay that explains Write a poem about the Act out the roles of the
your position about assistive reproductive system hormones in the
reproductive technologies reproductive cycle in
males and females.
Reflection on Unit Plan
The easiest part of this was establishing what students had to know (knowledge) for a unit
pertaining to the reproductive system. The knowledge that we included in the unit plan was
largely based on the Progressions of Learning and somewhat based on what supplemental
knowledge Chantal and I thought would be interesting for students to be aware of.
The most challenging part of this was to generate what understandings the students should
have by the end of the unit. In fact, I considered changing unit topics because I was struggling
to come up with quality overarching understandings. After having contemplated for some time,
we were able to produce one thing that Chantal and I thought students should be grappling with
throughout the unit. Creating subsequent overarching understandings was much easier
because we had a much better idea of what a quality understanding consisted of.
If we would do this again, I would change the tiered activity so that the students at “X-2” would
not only be practicing their ability to label but also their ability to define the structures of the
reproductive system. The way it is now, students at “X-2” are not closing the gap between them
and “X-1” because they are not given the chance to practice defining.
The most important thing that I learned is that there is more valuable learning that can occur
when a teacher places an emphasis first on the learning aspect, then on the teaching aspect of
designing a unit. This differs from the traditional teaching methods wherein tasks and activities
are given to students without understanding whether or not these tasks and activities are
catering to student needs. Therefore, the initial focus on learning rather than teaching makes
the unit much more concrete and purposeful.