Chapter 17 - Prenatal Development

The learner will be introduced to the process of human fertilization, implantation, and the stages of embryotic/fetal development. Also, heredity, genetics, and genetic disorders will be discussed in detail. Finally, the stages of infancy and childhood will be explained, along with the different types of childhood health screenings that will be performed.

The Baby Project-Sock Baby

The student will be participating in a teen parenting project in which they will be required to create a sock baby and a birth certificate to present to the class on Tuesday,  April 23. Then for seven days the student will keep a journal in which they will document everything that was done to take care of the baby and themselves. Also, the student will be required to produce a cost analysis for everything needed to care for their babies for the first year of the babies life. Finally, the student is required to write a two page paper describing how having a child at this time in their lives would change their lives. The final project is due on Monday, April 29.