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Mitosis Interactive Online Lesson
Directions:
You will be using various applications from internet web
pages. You will be asked to view a variety of videos, simulations and
tutorials then answer the questions provided.
To get started please go to www.cellsalive.com webpage and click on the
“MITOSIS” link. Please make sure that you read all of the text and then
view the animation and answer the following questions.
1. In which of the stages does each of the following occur.
a. Chromatin condenses into chromosomes
b. Chromosomes align in the center of the cell
c. What is the longest part of the cell cycle
d. When does the nuclear envelope break down
e. Cell is cleaved into two new daughter cells
f. Daughter chromosomes arrive at the poles
Now watch the video carefully slowly by clicking step by step through
the phases.
2. The colored chromosomes represent chromatids. There are two of
each color because one is an exact duplicate of the other.
a. How many chromosomes are visible at the beginning of mitosis?
b. How many are in each daughter cell at the end of mitosis?
c. What is the little green T shaped things on the cell?
d. What happen to the centrioles during mitosis?
Now Identify the stage of division that each of the following cell
diagrams are in.
Mitosis in Action
answer the following questions and fill in the chart.
a. What is a eukaryote?
b. What is a non-reproductive cell?
PHASE
Interphase
Propphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Description of the phase
Now go to www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html on this page view the
animation. After you have viewed the animation on this page you can
sketch in the chart below the cell that matches the title.
Prophase
Metaphase
Telophase
What do you think?
Vocabulary: In the following chart list the some of the vocabulary
words used during this lesson that we have defined in class. Also
list any new words that you encountered and need to find a
definition for.
Vocabulary Words
New Words
Short response: Using the space provided on the next page write a
short summary of mitosis explaining what it is, where it happens, why
it happens, how long does it take, what is the end result. Please try
and use as many of the words from the previous chart as you can.
Short response