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Life's Greatest Miracle
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Program Overview
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Note: This program contains graphic images. Please preview the program to determine its appropriateness for your classroom.
NOVA explores reproduction with a microscopic view of conception and development of a new
human life.
The program:
explains sexual and asexual reproduction.
discusses the importance of the mating rituals of humans and other species, explaining the evolutionary benefits of sexual reproduction in creating variation and improving a species' survival rate.
explores the function of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in carrying human genetic information.
describes the human reproductive systems.
traces the journey of sperm from the time it enters the female body to when it fertilizes the egg.
presents the earliest stages of development of the embryo, using time-lapse microphotography to show the divisions of cells.
documents the development of the embryo into a fetus, highlighting the growth and formation of vital organs, body parts, and senses.
concludes with the birth of a child.
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