10. Being pregnant

What happens after fertilisation?

Outcomes:

> Be able to state what the umbilical cord gives to the foetus and what it removes from the foetus.

> Be able to state the role of the placenta and amniotic fluid

> Give examples of things that can be done to keep a foetus healthy

Activity:

Go to www.socrative.comclick on STUDENT LOGIN

Enter the room name: JHF77CX7C

Enter your name

Select quiz: Being pregnant

Activity: Cut and stick the picture, label all the parts as shown then for each one (placenta, umbilical cord and amniotic fluid), find an explanation of what it does and write it in your book.

Activity: use Google and the internet to help you answer the questions on the attached worksheet - "The developing foetus"

For question 3 on the sheet, think back to the animal you selected to study at the beginning of the unit: A Matter of Life and Death

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