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Stages of Growth and Development: Before Birth

The document describes the various stages of human growth and development from embryo to adulthood. It discusses the stages as embryo and fetus, infancy, childhood, adolescence leading to adulthood. Key stages include rapid development as an infant, learning skills as a child, puberty during adolescence, and sexual maturity in adulthood.

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Stages of Growth and Development: Before Birth

The document describes the various stages of human growth and development from embryo to adulthood. It discusses the stages as embryo and fetus, infancy, childhood, adolescence leading to adulthood. Key stages include rapid development as an infant, learning skills as a child, puberty during adolescence, and sexual maturity in adulthood.

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Stages of Growth and Development

You may have seen photos of yourself as a newborn baby. You probably think that you
have changed a lot since then. You have passed through several stages of
development, from infant to toddler, from a young child to an older child. You have
changed greatly from a single cell to a human with working body systems. Your body is
still changing.
Humans go through various stages growth and development as an embryo and fetus, a
baby, infancy, childhood, adolescence and to adulthood.

The fertilized egg divides again and again to form cells. At


eight weeks the embryo develop into a fetus. The fetus
keeps on developing and becomes a baby.

Before Birth

After about nine months of development inside the uterus, a baby


is born. In human, the baby comes from the mother’s body.
The baby begins to breathe and to take in food.

After Birth

During the infancy, the undergoes rapid increase in


size. Muscles and mental skills develop and
somewhere between 10 to 14 months most infants
begin to walk by themselves.

Infancy

At the age of 18 months childhood begins.


At this stage mental abilities, memory and muscular skill
develop. Childhood continues until the age of 13 years.
At this age understanding, speaking, reading, solving
problems, and behaving are learned. Childhood

Adolescence begins after the 13th year and continues


teenage years. I t begins with puberty when sex
organs develop rapidly. Menstruation begins in
girls and boys begin to produce sperms.

Adolescence
Adulthood begins at age 20. All body systems are developed
including the reproductive system and full height achieved.
At the age of 30 aging occurs. Between the ages of 50 to 60
humans undergo the process called menopause.

Adulthood

I. Answer the following:

1.4. What are the four stages of growth and development after birth?

______________________ __________________________

______________________ __________________________

5. At what stage does a person begin to develop muscular and mental skills?
_____________________

6. at what age does the adulthood begins?


_____________________

7. At what stage does puberty begin?


_____________________

8. ______________ is a small child beginning to learn to walk.

9. ______________ is when an adult female no longer menstruates and reproduce.

10. ______________ is the period of being an infant or a very young child.

II. Paste you photos in here:

Infancy
Childhood

Adolescence

DRAW HOW YOU LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU ARE IN ADULTHOOD STAGE

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