Looking for a handy resource on asexual reproduction (including parthenogenesis, spores, tubers and more) for your senior biology students? Do you need something that engages, offers variety and caters for the wide range of abilities in your classroom? These professionally created, human generated and visually stimulating task cards could be just the ticket!

Suitable for students in Grades 10 - 12, Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs - Task Cards will save teachers lots of valuable prep time! Simply print each page, laminate and cut the cards apart - you then have them forever!

Includes:

1. 20 Task Cards (printable PDF) in two different sizes: larger, one-per-page and smaller four-per-page if you prefer to save on printing.
2. 21 Answer Cards (printable PDF).
3. Task Cards (digital/PowerPoint display version).
4. Answer Cards (digital/PowerPoint display version).

Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs - Task Cards covers the following content:

• what is ‘asexual’ reproduction?

• differences between asexual and sexual reproduction, including: rates of reproduction, amount of genetic variability, energy expenditure and reproductive processes involved

• importance of genetic variation among offspring

• types of asexual reproduction, including binary fission, mitosis, bulbs, parthenogenesis, spores, runners, rhizomes, cuttings, tubers, fragmentation

• advantages of asexual reproduction

• comparing binary fission and mitosis

Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs - Task Cards offers a range of questions/tasks that suit your students' different learning needs, including:

• short answer questions (SAQs)
• true/false questions
• analyzing diagrams
• drawing and/or labeling diagrams
• creating a VENN diagram
• short Internet research tasks

Task cards are a versatile tool to use in the classroom. They can be set up at stations around the room or assigned to individuals or small groups. They can be used as review exercises or perhaps as a short research activity. Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs consists of 20 cards, and you can use as many or as few as you like based on their suitability to the curriculum or to the particular needs of your students.

Each task card has a question/questions or other short task for students to complete in their workbooks. The cards are divided into two types, those with standard questions (labeled green) and those with more challenging questions (labeled purple). If you're setting the cards up at stations, you can include one of each, giving students a choice.

Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs - Task Cards comes with an Answer Key (PowerPoint and printable PDF versions included) with images in full color that look great on the big screen and can be used to facilitate good class discussion. Answers are highly detailed and have been thoroughly checked for accuracy so there is no need to research or fact-check here; it's all been done for you.

* Please note that many of the questions/tasks in this resource are also available in the form of printable/digital worksheets if you prefer:

Asexual Reproduction, inc. Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers & Bulbs - Worksheets

OR

Save money by ordering the Asexual Reproduction bundle and get both:

Asexual Reproduction: Parthenogenesis, Spores, Tubers: Worksheets & Task Cards

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