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Meiosis: Where the Sex Starts Instructional VideoMeiosis: Where the Sex Starts Instructional Video
Publisher
Crash Course
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
11:43
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Projection
Internet Access
Year
2012
Instructional Video

Meiosis: Where the Sex Starts

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The narrator of a short video walk scholars through the beginning steps of meiosis, details how the steps are similar to the stages in mitosis, and then points out the very specific differences in meiosis that for variation within gametes. The concluding scenes show how the final stages in meiosis result in four sperm and one egg. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

meiosis, homologous structures, interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Preview the video and script questions, place learners in pairs, pause video, and have class members discuss the questions

Classroom Considerations

  • Turn on closed captioning to help viewers who struggle with English
  • Pupils should understand the difference between haploid and diploid cells
  • Video 13 in a series of 40
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Includes a table of contents that permit a teacher to show specific segments
  • A link to references included in the video is found in the description

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3

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