Mitosis Notebook Activity
1. Draw Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and
Telophase in an Animal Cell. On unlined paper and cut it
out and glue it in your notebook on the right hand side.
2. Title each drawing.
3. Label correctly according to Coach Furin’s Rules for
Biology Drawings (Pencil, Straight Lines, no crossing, 1
bend per line, label to the right in a straight column &
Color). You may want to label first before cutting the
drawing out. All pics must have a minimum of 4
structures labeled.
4. Describe the important events that are going on in each
of the phases in bullet format below your drawing.
5. The 6th drawing will of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle, Figure 6
page 125 in your book.
6. Make all this neat and easy to read.
Resources:
• Pages 130 & 131 in your book.
• May use an open computer for this.
Interphase:
*Period of normal growth and cell activity. Three stages: G1(growth 1)-Before
mitosis can take place, the cell need to store enough energy to drive the
chemical processes during the cell division. During this period of time, there is
intense cellular activity. The cell grows in size. The length of the grow phase
varies between a few hours to a few months, S(synthesis) DNA has replicated,
but has not formed the condensed structure of chromosome. They remain as
loosely coiled chromatin and G2(growth 2)-growth phase when the cell’s
organelles are duplicated.
*The nuclear membrane is still intact to protect the DNA molecules from
undergoing mutation