Mighty Mitosis Lab
Name: _________________________________
Date: _______________ Period: __________
Directions: Complete the 5 tasks below. Follow the steps to interact with the subject material. Note:
Do not get distracted “playing” with the iPad, as you must fill in the questions as you go through the
interactive lab.
Task 1: Explore!
Plug in and put on your headphones. Click on “Explore.” Then click on “Interphase” and press
play. Once you have followed along to the reading, follow the instructor’s directions in order to
complete the hands on task. As you complete the entire “Explore” task (Interphase-Cytokinesis), fill
out the questions below:
Interphase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Prophase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Prometaphase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Metaphase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Anaphase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Telophase
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Words from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Cytokinesis
Draw the starting image below:
Write the Key Word from this stage:
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What did YOU do in this step?
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Task 2: Video
Go back to the “home” screen (Mitosis). Click on “Videos.” Click on the first video and press play.
Video 1: Mitosis
1. What are the blue and red “double strands”? ___________________________
2. Where do the proteins fibers grow from? _______________________________
3. What stage is the cell in at :51? ________________________________
4. In order to complete mitosis what two things need to separate?
__________________________ and __________________________
Go back to the “Video” screen. Click on the second video and press play.
Video 2: Through a Microscope
1. What kind of cell is this? _______________________
2. Where do the chromosomes become aligned? ____________________________
3. What separates the two daughter cells? __________________________
Task 3: Images
Go back to the “home” screen (Mitosis). Click on “Images.” Click on the second set of images
“Immunofluorescent stains of a diving cell.” Begin by clicking on the first image and answer the
questions below.
Image 1: What are the green stains? _____________________
Image 2: What stage is this an image of? _________________________
Prediction: what will the chromatids do next? ________________________________________
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Image 3: How can you tell that this is an image of Metaphase? __________________________________
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Image 4: “Two complete copies of the genetic material have gathered at either side of the
cell.” What stage needs to happen next to complete mitosis? __________________________
Image 5: Explain what is happening in this step. _________________________________________________
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Prediction: If they added a 6th image, what should it include? Draw a picture below:
Task 4: Test Yo-self!
Go back to the “home” screen (Mitosis). Click on “Test Yourself.” Answer questions 1-10. Once you
have received your score, take a screen shot picture (instructions on the boards) and email it to Ms.
Kilroy (ckilroy@sbsdk12.org), with your name as the subject title.
Task 5: Glossary
Go back to the “home” screen (Mitosis). Click on “Glossary.” Choose one Key Word from every step
in Task 1: Explore, and write the definition below.
Interphase
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Prophase
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Prometaphase
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Metaphase
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Anaphase
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Telophase
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Discussion Questions:
1. Make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting mitosis and cancer.
2. Explain why it is important to understand mitosis. ________________________________________________________
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