Mitosis – A Cell Divided
You have taken notes on mitosis, you have solved a mitosis puzzle, and you have
even used Oreo cookies to make a model of mitosis. Today you get to get totally
immersed in mitosis via the web. The hope here is that by the end of all this, you
will know the process of mitosis forwards, backwards and inside out.
Part 1: Mitosis Movies
These movies will help you to solidify your knowledge of mitosis. There is nothing
to write down for these movies, but please watch them and take them seriously.
The more times that you show your brain the correct sequence of events; the
better you will remember and understand them.
1. Mitosis Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4UFTC8Y8Uw
2. Amoeba Sisters: The Cell Cycle and Cancer
https://youtu.be/lpAa4TWjHQ4
3. Another Really Good Mitosis Animation
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.stru.dnadivide/mitosis/
Part 2: An Experiment
For this part you are going to look at pictures of onion tip cells, classify them by
what stage they are in and figure out how long a cell spends in each of the parts
of the cell cycle. This is a great way for you to be able to identify the stages of
mitosis. WARNING: Some of the pictures are hard to see clearly.
1. Go to
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/activity_descr
iption.html
2. Enter your data in the table below (after you sort the cells, the site will
show you how you sorted them, just count the number in each column and
enter the totals in the table):
Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
# of
cells
% of
cells
Total
36
100%
3. In which phase do cells spend the most time?
4. Why do you think cells spend most of their time in this phase?
5. In which phase of mitosis do cells spend the most time?
6. Why do you think cells spend the most time in this phase during mitosis?
Part 3: Games
Play a few games, have some fun and reinforce your knowledge of mitosis. Write
down your best score for each game that you play.
1. Mitosis Basketball
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=127
Best Score: _____
2. Mitosis Matching Game
https://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/chm05_pg71_
celldiv/chm05_pg71_celldiv.html
(No score to enter for this site)
3. The Cell Cycle Game
http://www.rigb.org/education/games/human-body/the-cell-cycle
What is the correct sequence of pictures? ________________
4. Mitosis Hangman
http://www.quia.com/hm/100650.html
Score: ______
5. Cell Division Jeopardy
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/bfougere/Science%20Jeopardy_files/frame.h
tm
Score: ______
6. The Cell Division Supervisor Game
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/2001/cellcycle.html
7. Mitosis Millionaire
http://www.quia.com/rr/89527.html
Winnings: _____________
Part 4: Mitosis Quizzes Take the quizzes below, write down your scores.
1. http://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_mitosis.html
Score: _____
2. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biology/mitosis/quiz2428.html
Score: _____
3. http://biology.about.com/od/mitosis/a/aa121704a.htm
Score: _____