Human Fertility Crisis? | Biology Articles + Research Project Template Set

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Help students explore the science of human fertility and infertility with this two-resource bundle designed for middle school and high school science, biology, human biology, reproductive health, and STEM lessons. The first resource is an approximately 15-paragraph science reading passage that introduces students to the evidence, trends, possible contributing factors, and scientific questions surrounding male and female infertility, followed by six varied comprehension and critical-thinking questions, including three regular questions, a fill-in-the-gaps activity, a true or false question, and a question designed to encourage deeper scientific thinking.

The second resource is a structured human fertility research project template that guides students through a one-paragraph summary, mathematics connection, engineering or technology connection, five-term scientific glossary, three challenging inquiry questions, and a creative response section. Six additional inquiry questions are included in two differentiated sets, with three more accessible questions for younger students and three more challenging questions for older students, allowing teachers to switch between levels according to student ability and classroom needs.

A 20-point rubric supports self-assessment, peer assessment, or teacher assessment, while additional teacher guidance makes the project straightforward to introduce and implement. The bundle also includes a new 10-page interactive HTML resource containing clear primer material on human fertility and infertility, which can be used independently or alongside the other resources, with JSON export and import functionality allowing students to save their answers locally and return to their work later.

Together, these resources provide a ready-to-use combination of science reading comprehension, reproductive biology, data interpretation, research skills, critical thinking, STEM connections, and independent inquiry, making them a practical addition to a middle school or high school science curriculum exploring human reproduction, male infertility, female infertility, and the scientific evidence surrounding changing fertility patterns.

This Fertility Crisis research project template (webquest) provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about Fertility Crisis. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this Fertility Crisis research project template (webquest) with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. It gives a rich and supportive framework that can be tweaked as needed for students to support differentiation.

This Fertility Crisis research project template includes:

Space for a one paragraph summary (that links to the 2 page science articles also available on this topic).
Students should produce a mathematical connection, an engineering / technology connection, 2 interesting facts / stats.
5 glossary terms they should fill in with their own words (which also links to the science article also available)
3 thought provoking questions (ie: critical thinking questions) they must answer.
Finally, each template has 3 alternative thought provoking questions for younger students and 3 other alternative harder questions to extend high flying or older students. Giving you a total of 9 possible thought provoking questions that could be used with students to enhance their research and critical thinking.
Further, I have added a 1 page - 20 point rubric to be used for either self-assessment or teacher assessment as you deem fit. I hope it helps support the learning even further!
A new and improved 10 page HTML format addition to give plentiful initial materials.

The template is some of my best work and I am proud to share it with you.

This 2 article set of Fertility Crisis reading passages with questions provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about is there a Fertility Crisis. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this Fertility Crisis articles with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

The accessible version is geared towards approximately 5th / 6th / 7th grade science students, while the more advanced version is geared towards approximately 8th / 9th / 10th grade science students. This range for both could be extended with prep work or additional materials.

A SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJECT TEMPLATE + DUAL READING PASSAGES CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase scientific literacy and research skills in your class
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast and you need a long running task
To inspire students on a particular topic
As a scaffold to support students who need support on research skills and can use a framework
To enhance critical thinking when doing research and making a relevant and interesting output
Give a selection of these research project templates for students to choose from
To enhance students ability to express ideas and synthesis knowledge
To increase scientific literacy in your class
A weekly reading / research task

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

Fertility Crisis Science Research Project Template

7 page Google doc teacher version with supporting appendix items
3 page Google doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
7 page Word doc teacher version with supporting appendix items
3 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
7 page PDF teacher version with supporting appendix items
3 page PDF student version with space to fill in answers
1 page 20 point rubric for self or teacher assessment in all three - Google doc, Word doc and PDF form
10 page HTML format addition with plenty of materials to initially support students. (UPDATE)

Fertility Crisis Dual Reading Passage Set

2 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
2 - 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
2 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
2 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
2 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
2 - 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)
New 2 x 2 page HTML format that works on any browser allows answers to put in and saved via JSON format and uploaded via JSON format too for ease of use!

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.