Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction

Today in science, Year 5 have learnt about the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction. We discussed how some animals and plants are able to produce offspring with only one parent. Mr Langley had done some research about stick insects and discovered that some species of stick insect can reproduce asexually. A female stick insect can lay eggs, which hatch into offspring, without a male stick insect. Interesting fact: some species of stick insect have no males left because asexually produced offspring of stick insects are always female!

We also learnt that sexual reproduction requires two parents to create offspring. For instance, a strawberry flower can be pollinated by its own pollen (asexual) or by the pollen of another strawberry flower (sexual).

What a fantastic discussion!