Name: _________________________________________ Per: ______ Date: __________
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
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Explain why cells divide and how they prepare for cell division
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Identify the phases of the eukaryotic cell cycle
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Describe the four steps of mitosis and cytokinesis
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Define cancer and explain how cancer relates to the cell cycle
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Recognize the factors that control cell growth and division
Date
1/13
1/15
1/20
1/22
1/26- Skinny
1/27
1/29
Activities
 Lecture: Why cells divide, chromosomes, preparing to divide
 Worksheet: Cell Reproduction
 Activity: Model of a Chromosome
 Reading and Questions
 Lecture: Cell Cycle
 Foldable: Cell Cycle
 Worksheet: Cell Cycle
 Video: Cell Cycle and Mitosis
 Reading and Questions
 Big Quiz: Chromosomes and Cell Cycle
 Lecture: Mitosis
 Foldable: Mitosis
 Worksheet: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
 Reading and Questions
 LAB: Mitosis in plant cells
 Lecture: Regulation, Check points and Cancer
 Worksheet: Regulation
 Reading and Questions
 Big Quiz: Mitosis and Regulation
 Bill Nye: Mitosis
 20 Questions
 Review for finals and Mitosis test
 TEST
 Packets DUE
 Video: Dirty Jobs!
Vocabulary:
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Gene
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Chromatid
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Cytokinesis
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Chromosome
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Centromere
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Centrosome
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Chromatin
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Cell Cycle
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Spindle
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Histone
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Interphase
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Cancer
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Nucleosome
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Mitosis
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Tumor
Why Cells Reproduce
Cell size
Cell maintenance
Making new cells
Chromosomes
Chromosome:
MITOSIS
Eukaryotic Cell Cycle:
Interphase
G1
Cell Division
Mitosis:
S
G2
Cytokinesis:
Stages of Mitosis
Prophase
Drawing
Description
Cytokinesis:
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Regulation
Controls:
Checkpoints:
G1 Checkpoint
G2 Checkpoint
Mitosis Checkpoint
Cancer:
Loss of control
Development
Treatment
Prevention
Important Questions- you should be able to answer all of these by the end of the unit.
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Why do cells divide?
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How is DNA packaged into the nucleus?
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How do cells prepare for cell division?
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What are the phases of the eukaryotic cell cycle?
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What are the four stages of mitosis?
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How does cytokinesis occur?
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What are some factors that control cell growth and division?
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How do feedback signals affect the cell cycle?
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How does cancer relate to the cell cycle?