Syllabus of The reproduction function

OBJECTIVES
1. To understand that living beings need reproduction to survive over time and ensure that they will continue on over generations of time. 2. To value the importance of reproduction as the function responsible for obtaining new individuals required for surviving over time: the survival of the species and the population balance in ecosystems. 3. To distinguish between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. 4. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages to a species of asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. 5. To differentiate between the two types of eukaryotic cell reproduction: mitosis and meiosis. 6. To understand the meaning of meiosis and mitosis in reproduction and eukaryotic life cycles. 7. To understand how cells reproduce: bipartition or binary fission, budding and spore formation. 8. To compare asexual reproduction in animals and plants. 9. To recognise the importance of sexual reproduction in living things evolution. 10. To understand how animals reproduce. 11. To describe the most important characteristics of the animals reproductive system and to recognise some of their organs. 12. To describe the differences between the male and female reproductive apparatus. 13. To classify animals in accordance with their form of development of the zygote. 14. To describe the process of sexual reproduction in animals : formation of gametes, fertilisation and development of the zygote. 15. To describe the metamorphosis of a butterfly and a frog. 16. To understand how plants reproduce. 17. To relate the asexual reproduction of plants with certain common agricultural cultivation techniques. 18. To distinguish between gametophyte and sporophyte. 19. To describe the alternation of generations in seedless plants (mosses and ferns). 20. To describe the process of reproduction in flowering plants or plants with seeds as angiosperms: formation of gametes, pollination, fertilisation, seed and fruit formation, seed dissemination and seed germination. 21. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of entomogamous and anemogamous pollination. 22. To interpret anatomical diagrams and process diagrams.

23. To develop skills in interpreting and organising the information available in different formats.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
1. Can recognise the importance of reproduction for surviving over time. 2. Can name the advantages and disadvantages to a species of asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. 3. Can recognise the importance of sexual reproduction. 4. Can differentiate between the two types of eukaryotic cellular division: mitosis and meiosis. 5. Can differentiate between the three types of cellular reproduction: bipartition or binary fission, budding and spore formation. 6. Can explain asexual reproduction in plants. 7. Can explain asexual reproduction in animals. 8. Can name the similarities between asexual reproduction in animals and plants. 9. Can describe the function of the reproductive organs in animals. 10. Can define the different organs that carry out the reproduction function in animals. 11. Can identify on diagrams the male and female reproductive organs . 12. Can explain how animals carry out the sexual reproduction function: formation of gametes, fertilisation and development of the zygote. 13. Can describe the metamorphosis of a butterfly and a frog. 14. Can solve problems related to the anatomical and physiological characteristics of animals. 15. Can classify animals in accordance with their form of development of the zygote. 16. Can describe the alternation of generations in seedless plants (mosses and ferns). 17. Can identify the gametophyte and sporophyte in the reproduction of seedless plants. 18. Can compare the reproduction process of mosses and ferns. 19. Can describe the process of reproduction in flowering plants or plants with seeds as angiosperms: formation of gametes, pollination, fertilisation, seed and fruit formation, seed dissemination and seed germination. 20. Can state the functions of the sepals, petals, anthers, stigmas and ovaries. 21. Can define pollination and fertilisation in flowering plants. 22. Can compare the different structural adaptations of insect-pollinated and wind-pollinated flowers. 23. Can state that seed and fruit dispersal by wind and by animals provides means of colonising new areas. 24. Can obtain information from anatomical diagrams.