Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes to produce offspring that are genetically different from the parents. In animals, gametes are produced through meiosis and fuse during fertilization. In plants, pollen is transferred during pollination and fuses with the egg cell during fertilization. Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent and involves processes like budding in plants or binary fission in bacteria.
3. Teacher Notes:
1. Have students fill in worksheet while viewing and discussing Power Point.
2. Possible lab activity: Produce a new plant by vegetative propagation. Jade plants,
christmas cactus, and potato “eyes” do well with vegetative propagation.
3. Use the Plant Propagation Project by Science NetLinks