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← 2.3 Reproduction in human beings

Implantation and early growth

Integrated Science · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes

What the zygote does in its first week, and how it settles into the uterus lining.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Why living things reproduce
  2. The male reproductive system
  3. Functions of the male parts
  4. The female reproductive system
  5. Functions of the female parts
  6. The sperm cell
  7. The egg cell
  8. Comparing sperm and egg
  9. What fertilisation is
  10. Where fertilisation happens
  11. Implantation and early growth
  12. The menstrual cycle
  13. The four stages of the cycle
  14. Tracking the cycle
  15. Menstrual hygiene
  16. Changes at adolescence
  17. Personal hygiene during adolescence
  18. Caring for a pregnancy