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- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students draw on previous knowledge and create hand-held flip books that show a cell going through the motions of the cell cycle. They create a flip book, which illustrates the cell cycle. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students identify each step of cell cycle by looking in a microscope, describe what is happening during the interphase step when the cell is growing, and describe, in written form, what is happening at each step of the cell cycle. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students review the process of cell division (mitosis). They complete a cell cycle booklet that summarizes the sequential stages of cell development. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how and why the cell divides, the cells in a cell cycle and the process of mitosis and all of its stages. They also analyze how the cell goes through both nuclear and cytoplasmic division. In addition, they write in their science journals on the prompt "Do cells live forever?" Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work together in groups to complete various stations on the cycles of cells. Individually, they keep their completed work in a folder after following specific instructions on how to complete each experiment. They use the materials in their folders to take an exam. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students explain that cells continually divide to make more cells for growth and repair. They are shown the balloon and explained that it is a model of a cell. Students are asked: "How do you think animal cell divide?" The teacher twist the balloon into two parts, organelles are included on both sides. They are explainned that as the cell divides, each new cell receives organelles and a copy of genetic information in the form of chromosomes from the parent cell. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are able to identify the different stages of mitosis and what occurs in each stage. They can identify the importance of the cell cycle control in maintaining homeostasis. Students are able to match the correct stage of mitosis with actual microscope images of the cell cycle. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students determine the approximate time a cell spends in each phase of mitosis by counting cells in each phase from a prepared slide. They use a few simple calculations to estimate how long cells spend in each cycle in the body. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students will be able to identify the different stages of the eukaryotic cell cycle as well as the different stages of mitosis in the proper order. Students will also be able to recognize what organelles of the cell are integral to mitosis and cell division. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students read section 2-3 over the Cell Cycle and Mitosis, they fill out their Mitosis notes. They list the sex chromosomes of a normal female, and list the sex chromosomes of a normal male. Students describe chromatids, centromere, chromosomes, and homologous chromosomes. Full Review »

