Module 3

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Lesson 4

Module 3—The Male and Female Reproductive Systems

Two eggs in a nest are tied with pink and blue ribbons to symbolize the birth of twins.

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Read

Read “Sex Hormones and the Male Reproductive System” on pages 492 and 493 of the textbook and “Sex Hormones and the Female Reproductive System” on page 495 to begin your understanding of gender development in the fetus. Further hormonal regulation of sexual development will be dealt with later in Module 3. You may summarize your reading in a comparative chart to be saved in your course folder.

Try This

Work through the “Gender Testing of Female Athletes” activity.

Although no longer preformed, gender testing was done to determine if an athlete were female. The media presented takes the viewer through a series of PowerPoint type slides to determine if the information given about an athlete classifies him or her as male or female.