Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction Critical Thinking Prompts | Life Science | Grades 6–8

This set of Critical Thinking Prompts pushes grades 6–8 Middle School Life Science students past recall to analyze and apply Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction.

Sample prompts: "Until the 1950s, nearly all commercial banana plantations grew the 'Gros Michel' banana by planting asexual shoots cut from parent plants." and "A botanist compares two species of wildflowers growing on an island."

What's inside: 10 open-ended questions, each with a follow-up prompt, a lined student response section, an answer key, and teacher notes.

Resource type: Critical Thinking Prompts (.docx). Format: editable Microsoft Word handout with approximately 1,760 words (~8 pages).

Classroom use: written analysis, discussion prep, or a Socratic seminar in a Middle School Life Science course. Grades 6–8.

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