Week 11

Project: Let's graph Cell Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OBJECTIVES:

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• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding

        of the key events and stages in meiosis.

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• Students will use playdough or similar materials to

       represent these stages.

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• Students will explain the significance of mitosis and

        meiosis in cell division and heredity.

 

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Materials:

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• Markers and color pencils to draw the stages

• Access to a computer or reference material

• Paper and markers for labeling and explanation

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INSTRUCTIONS

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The project consists of two parts: Poster creation (pairs)  and comprehension test (individually).

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During the first 40 minutes each pair will create a poster about meiosis showing these stages: 

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Interphase (Chromosomes replication)

Prophase 1

Metaphase 1

Anaphase 1

Telophase 1

Prophase 2

Metaphase 2

Anaphase 2

Telephase 2

Cytokinesis

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Use the following diagram as a template to create yours and follow the instructions below:

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• The title of the poster will be "MEIOSIS" or any other creative and/or related title. It will start with interphase and will finish in cytokinesis II (showing 4 separate cells). You can draw the initial cell or not (it's up to you).

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• This must be done for a cell with 2 pairs of chromosomes (4 in total). Each pair will have a different COLOR, this way you will be able to show the crossing over or recombination in a more visual way (this happens in prophase I)

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• At the end of the process your resultant cells should look completely different from each other due to the way meiosis happens (the chromosomes have different color combinations)

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