Clearly identifies all prenatal development, including where the events are occurring. This includes fertilization and implantation.

Detailed description of hormonal control.

Detailed description of significant developmental events happening in each trimester.

Identifies three factors that affect embryonic and fetal development structures—one of each chromosomal, hormonal, and environmental.

Detailed description of how the embryonic germ tissue will be affected.

Fully explains how these factors may or may not affect fetal development.

Clearly explains parturition events.

Fully describes hormonal and neural components that cause the onset of labour and the changes through to the end of labour.

Fully describes hormonal and nerve control of lactation.

Fully explains how suckling of baby promotes lactation.

Fully describes each reproductive technology that assists in enhancing reproductive potential, reducing reproductive potential, and monitoring embryonic or fetal development.

Describes a concern related to how each societal, cultural, environmental, ethical, and/or economic issue is related to the use of reproductive technologies.

Clearly identifies most prenatal development and includes where the events are occurring. This includes fertilization and implantation.

Has a good description of hormonal control.

Has most detailed description of significant developmental events happening in each trimester.

Identifies three factors that affect embryonic and fetal development structures—one of each chromosomal, hormonal, and environmental.

Includes a good description of how the embryonic germ tissue will be affected.

Explains how these factors  may or may not affect fetal development.

Clearly explains parturition events.

Describes most of the hormonal and neural components that cause the onset of labour and the changes through to the end of labour.

Describes hormonal and nerve control of lactation.

Mostly explains how suckling of baby promotes lactation.

Describes a reproductive technology that assists in enhancing reproductive potential, reducing reproductive potential, and monitoring embryonic or fetal development.

Discusses concerns related to at least four of the following— societal, cultural, environmental, ethical, and/or economic issues related to the use of reproductive technologies.

Identifies some prenatal development and includes where the events are occurring. This includes fertilization and implantation.

Has some description of hormonal control.

Has some detailed description of significant developmental events happening in each trimester.

Identifies two factors that affect embryonic and fetal development structures—two of either chromosomal, hormonal, or environmental.

Includes some description of how the embryonic germ tissue will be affected.

Some explanation of how these factors may or may not affect fetal development.

Explains some of the parturition events.

Describes some of the hormonal and neural components that cause the onset of labour and the changes through to the end of labour.

Describes only hormonal, not nerve, control of lactation.

Some explanation of how suckling of baby promotes lactation.

Describes only two of the following reproductive technologies that assist in enhancing reproductive potential, reducing reproductive potential, and monitoring embryonic or fetal development.

Discusses concerns related to at least three of following— societal, cultural, environmental, ethical, or economic issues related to the use of reproductive technologies.

Lacking much detail of prenatal development, does not include where the events are occurring.

Does not include fertilization and implantation.

Has limited description of hormonal control.

Has limited detailed description of significant developmental events happening in each trimester.

Identifies two factors that affect embryonic and fetal development structures—two of  either chromosomal, hormonal, or environmental.

Includes limited description of how the embryonic germ tissue will be affected.

Has limited explanation of how these factors  may or may not affect fetal development.

Names only the parturition events.

Limited description of the hormonal and neural components that cause the onset of labour and the changes through to the end of labour.

Describes only some of the hormonal control of lactation, does not describe nerve control of lactation.

No explanation of how suckling of baby promotes lactation.

Describes only two of the following reproductive technologies that assist in enhancing reproductive potential, reducing reproductive potential, and monitoring embryonic or fetal development.

Discusses concerns related to at least two of following— societal, cultural, environmental, ethical, and/or economic issues related to the use of reproductive technologies.

Addresses only one of the bullets at a 2 or 3 level.

Addresses only one of the bullets at a 2 or 3 level.

Addresses only one of the bullets at a 2 or 3 level.

Addresses only one of the bullets at 2 or 3 level.

Addresses only one of the bullets at a 2 or 3 level.