Fetal Development Project



Fetal Development Project

Student Directions:

1. Title of project: “Life Before Birth” [write on project]

2. Write your name & class block on project.

3. See Mrs. Cross for samples.

4. Use internet

















5. Draw squares for project and place uteruses with the following stages of development. NO TRACING.

Write information on chart in corresponding square. Color the pictures you draw.

❖ [11 for fetal development & 1 for title, your name and class] Total of 12 squares.

|Square |Stage |Facts to record for stages [Write in each square] |Extra directions |

|1 | |Name, title, class | |

|2 |Day 1 |The egg cell and sperm cell have united. Fertilization has taken place. The fertilized egg|The uterus would indicate a cell at one day – union occurs in fallopian tube |

| | |begins multiplying. | |

|3 |Week 2 |The group of cells attaches to the wall of the uterus |The uterus at one week – attachment of cell to uterine wall |

|4 |Month 1 |The heart starts to beat. The body systems start to form. |At one month, indicate a beating heart & the word ZYGOTE(which forms at 2 |

| | | |weeks) Label EMBRYO(growing baby at 3 weeks). Underline Zygote and Embryo. |

|5 |Month 2 |The eyes, ears, nose and mouth form. Tiny arms, legs, fingers and toes form. The placenta |Growing baby is now called a FETUS. Underline Fetus |

| | |and the umbilical cord have developed. The embryo is now called a fetus. | |

|6 |Month 3 |All the body systems have formed. The bones begin to develop. The head and face form. |Plus genitals (either male or female) |

|7 |Month 4 |The fetus becomes active by kicking and moving. The skin forms. The heartbeat of the fetus|Plus beating heart again. |

| | |may be heard with a stethoscope. | |

|8 |Month 5 |Fine hair, called lanugo, covers the fetus. Fingernails and fingerprints form. The fetus | |

| | |sucks its thumb and is more active. | |

|9 |Month 6 |The skeleton is forming rapidly. The fetus moves often. The body of the fetus begins to | |

| | |fill out | |

|10 |Month 7 |The fetus grows rapidly. It is very active by moving and kicking often. | |

|11 |Month 8-9 |The fetus continues to grow rapidly in length and weight. Hair grows on the head. Fat is | |

| | |added to the body. | |

|12 |Birth |Baby takes their first breath and is welcomed into the world | |

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