GCSE |Lesson 8 Embryonic Stem cells and IVF

The lesson has a recall starter of stages of mitosis. It then shows an images of a newborn going back to an early embryo and fertilised egg. Students are then given a diagram (which is also on the slide) and asked to identify cells undergoing mitosis, cells which are all the same and cells which can become any cell in the human body. Answers are provided. IVF is then taught to explain how scientists can obtain embryonic stem cells for research. Students are taught how the properties of embryonic stem cells make these cells special. Students complete a worksheet where they use key terms to describe the stages in IVF