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Life's Greatest Miracle
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Related NOVA Resources
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There is no classroom activity for this program. The following
resources from the
companion Web site accompany this
program:
Watch the Program
View the program online. (QuickTime or RealPlayer plug-in required.)
(Grades 6-8, 9-12)
The Stem-Cell Debate
Learn what stem cells are, where they come from, why they are
important, and what the controversy is in this book excerpt by
Dartmouth ethicist Ronald Green. (Grades 9-12)
Windows on the Womb
Explore many of the current screening techniques that are changing
the nature of pregnancy and parenthood, and learn when they are
commonly used during pregnancy. (Flash plug-in required; non-Flash
version available.) (Grades 9-12)
Great Expectations: A Woman's Journal
Follow 36-year-old Judith Richards's final weeks of pregnancy as she
writes in to NOVA about her experience. Read her first journal entry
(October 31, 2001) and learn about what she and her husband Sam felt
as they became first-time parents. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
How Cells Divide (Hot Science)
Find out how meiosis and mitosis work in this 15-step animated
comparison of the two. (Flash plug-in required; non-Flash version
available.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
How Is Sex Determined? (Hot Science)
Follow the sex development of a male or female embryo in this
feature spanning the first 16 weeks of development. (Flash plug-in
required; non-Flash version available.) (Grades 9-12)
Plus:
Resources
Program transcript
Complete narration for the TV program.
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