Description

Overview:

Students work in pairs to compare five aspects of an organism that reproduces sexually, asexually, or both sexually and asexually. The activity comes with a chart for the students to fill out and with information sheets on twelve organisms. As a class, students share their comparisons and generate a list of general characteristics for each mode of reproduction and then discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both. Included in the discussion are reproductive mechanisms and genetic variation.

Subject:

Biology

Level:

Middle School

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Provider:

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Provider Set:

NGSS@NSTA

Date Added:

10/12/2015