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Exercise 7 Human Development: The Miracle of Life Background Guide Questions

This video will show what actually happens inside the human body – from the moment sperm cells set out to search for the egg until a baby is born. After this presentation, the students are expected to understand the arduous travails of sperm cells, the path of development of the zygote and the changes resulting to the birth of an infant.

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Exercise 7 Human Development: The Miracle of Life Background Guide Questions

This video will show what actually happens inside the human body – from the moment sperm cells set out to search for the egg until a baby is born. After this presentation, the students are expected to understand the arduous travails of sperm cells, the path of development of the zygote and the changes resulting to the birth of an infant.

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Exercise 7

Human Development: The Miracle of


Life
Background
Where does life start? This seems to be a
controversial question that perplexes many
people. Some say that life starts the
moment an egg is fertilized by a sperm.
Others say it starts when a fetus is formed
while some think that life starts the moment
a baby is born. Indeed, life is a big mystery.
And, as the title of the video presentation
states, life is a miracle.
The likelihood of an egg being fertilized
by a sperm is indeed small and among the
millions of sperm cells, only one gets to
penetrate the steady barrier of the ovum.
Once this happens, the egg shuts itself off to
other sperm cells and the mystery begins.
Simply put, the zygote divides, travels,
implants itself onto the wall of the uterus
and continues to develop. Numerous genes
are expressed, differentiation occurs and
development ensues. And before nine
months is over, a baby is introduced to the
world.
Overview of the Activity
This video will show what actually
happens inside the human body from the
moment sperm cells set out to search for
the egg until a baby is born. After this
presentation, the students are expected to
understand the arduous travails of sperm
cells, the path of development of the zygote
and the changes resulting to the birth of an
infant.
Time Considerations
Video 60 minutes
Materials and Methods
A. Human development
The Miracle of Life video
presentation
Watch the video, listen, and take
down notes.
B. Sea urchin development
Vade
Mecum2
CD
handout,
Chapter 6: Echinoid Fertilization
and Development Sea Urchins
and Sand Dollars
Experimental Output

ATQ to be submitted the next


meeting

Guide Questions
1. Describe how the egg matures and
travels toward the sperm.
2. Describe the journey of the sperm
cells as they leave their site of origin
and travel toward the exterior.

3. Approximately how many sperm


cells
a.
does a man produce in his
lifetime?
b.
are released in a single
ejaculation?
4. How long do sperm cells remain
viable after they are released into the
vagina?
5. Describe the barriers the sperm cells
encounter as they migrate along the
female reproductive tract and toward
the egg.
6. Where do the sperm and egg meet?
About how many sperm cells reach
the egg?
7. Describe the events that occur upon
entry of the sperm into the egg.
8. How long after fertilization does the
embryo implant itself in the uterine
wall?
9. Describe the human embryo at the
following stages: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14
and 18 weeks.
10. How do the unfertilized and fertilized
egg of a mammal compare with the
unfertilized and fertilized ova of a sea
urchin?
11. Why is the sea urchin used as a
model for studying cell division of
higher mammals?
12. Compare the embryonic stages of
sea urchin with those of amphibian.
References
The Miracle of Life video
Vade Mecum2 CD
Acknowledgment
Dr. Celia Torres-Villanueva for
providing a copy of the video The Miracle of
Life.

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