To become more familiar with why cells divide, the types of cell division, and how cell division occurs, please visit this website. Thus, all daughter cells formed by mitosis have an identical set of genes. As the students create the models, they complete the oreo mitosis worksheet. Cell cycle oreo mitosis lab by get wise with weissert tpt. In anaphase, the sister chromatids are split apart by the spindle fibers and pulled towards the centrioles at opposite sides of the cell. Oreo cookies and sprinkles were our choice of materials, the oreos being the cell and the sprinkles representing the chromosomes. Oreo mitosis student worksheet balling biology lessons. They both undergo prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase. In mitosis, the parent cell produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical. Oreo mitosis regular group directions materialsneeded. Students will understand how cell division is regulated. All cells undergo a process of growth and division called the cell cycle. Biology lab name date per \u000bobserving mitosis introduction. Modeling mitosis oreo cookie lab by ramon norita on prezi.
The objective of this experiment was to calculate the percentage of cells in each of the phases of mitosis. There are two kinds of cell division in eukaryotes. When the models for all stages are complete, the students must get the approval of the teacher to determine if the models are accurately depicted. Also, in mitosis the cell only divides once while in meiosis the cell divides twice. Use your plastic butter knife to scrape off the frosting from the first cookie, making a shape of the waxing crescent. I will typically teach about the process of mitosis during the first. Discard all materials from your lab once your teacher approves of your models and summary. Although mitosis and meiosis are fundamental to understanding genetics, students often find them difficult to learn. Discard all materials from your lab once your teacher approves of.
The student will understand the purpose of chromosomes in the process of meiosis. After mitosis and cytokinesis formed from the original cell. You may choose to draw the pictures or take a picture with a camera and label it on the computer. This discussion is aimed at students engaging in scientific argument from evidence ngss practice 7, and helps them go beyond a superficial. Confer with your groupmates and tabulate a total count of cells and a count of cells in each cell cyclemitosis stage. Most of the life of a cell is spent in a continue reading mitosis activity. Stages of mitosis introduction mitosis, also called karyokinesis, is division of the nucleus and its chromosomes. This works best for me when i have a double lab period. Oreo mitosis student worksheet balling biology lessons, science. In lab today we will be using candy to simulate mitosis.
The student will know the stages of meiosis and understand what is occurring in each step. Students will model the steps of mitosis with oreo cookies. Students go back to wise, add to their idea basket and continue on to the next topic. The objectives of this lab exercise are for you to.
Mitosis lab report january 14, 2015 mattbiowong 1 comment. Oreo cookie lab activity modeling mitosis by won lee on prezi. Middle and high school biology lab mitosis and meiosis with oreo. This lab activity is an excellent supplement to an introductory lesson on the stages of mitosis. Better understand the process and stages of mitosis. Mitosis and meiosis in this lab we will investigate the stages of mitosis and meiosis and explore different properties of cell reproduction. Apply an analytical technique by which the relative length of each stage of mitosis can be estimated.
As stated in the title, this is a short quiz on mitosis. This makes a root tip an excellent tissue to study the stages of cell division. In a growing plant root, the cells at the tip of the root are constantly dividing to allow the root to grow. Read the cell cycle article either as a small group or individually 2.
Middle and high school biology lab mitosis and meiosis with oreo cookies. This lab also comes with a brief pdf of slides that students can use as a resource as they complete their representations and their student worksheets as well. You may have to use multiple fields of view or different slides to count 300 cells. The daughter cells are identical to one another and to the original parent cell. Meiosis results in four sex cells, has two rounds of cell division, and occurs in sex cells. Interphase, in which the cell grows and, at the end, the cells dna replic.
Works well for teachers who have done the onion cell mitosis lab using prepared slides or online but do not have timeresources to. To maximize your learning of this material, use the links to navigate rather than scrolling from one slide to the next. Eventually all cells in your body need to duplicate, so you can grow or heal wounds. Wongs 7th period biohonors class, we did a lab experiment on the processes of mitosis and the different phases as seen under a microscope. In other words, one parent cell creates two identical daughter cells, and in that way, we end up. Graham cracker mitosis lab adaptation of oreo mitosis lab lo. Cell division unit plan marci johnson student teaching.
Prepare your own specimens of onion root in which you can visualize all of the stages of mitosis. To demonstrate that cells repeatedly divide to make more cells for growth and repair. However, mitosis and meiosis are similar because they both share the same processes in order for cell division to occur. Mitosis is a process of cell division which results in the production of two daughter cells from a single parent cell. Mitosis is division involved in development of an adult organism from a single fertilized egg, in growth and repair of tissues, in regeneration of body parts, and in asexual reproduction. Oreo mitosis student worksheet gulf coast state college. List the phases and briefly describe what occurs in each phase. Virtual mitosis lab clayton state university torsten wittman click here to begin this lab is designed for you to use the links to click from one slide to the next.
The students will have the opportunity to discuss any questions they may have missed on. It is followed by division of the cytoplasm known as cytokinesis. With images and explanations from the amoeba sisters videos on you tube, create a model of mitosis using candy sprinkles and oreos broken open. Describe the difference in number of chromosomes and process used to make the cell mitosis or meiosis between liver and sperm.
Seventh grade lesson cell division day 1 betterlesson. I use this as a short quiz, or sometimes as a homework assignment. Prepare your own specimens of onion root in which you. Each pole then contains an identical set of chromosomes. Students will match the events of mitosis to the correct phase of mitosis. Onion root tip and fish mitosis lab find an label a cell in each of the following phases in both the onion root tip and fish blastodisc. This science graphic organizer includes illustrating and describing mitosis and the cell cycle. Meiosis lab activity loudoun county public schools. You are not allowed to eat any candy until you are given the ok after your quiz.
Oreo cell cycle student worksheet peoria public schools. Because each cell divides independently of the others, a root tip contains cells at different stages of the cell cycle. Both mitosis and cytokinesis are parts of the life of a cell called the cell cycle. Activity summary this lesson discusses the process of cell division and mitosis to students. After about another 5 minutes, i again ask students to lower their screens so we can talk about their answers to step 1. Then, my lab group got some computers and we looked at a picture of the onion root tip in high power on www, millerstem. Students will identify what occurs at each phase interphase. The only difference is that meiosis include more phases than mitosis. Then we got a onion root tip slide and placed it on the microscope stage and looked at it under low, medium, and high power. You will be working with microscopes and a species of fungus called sordaria fimicola procedure part 7a. Students will use oreo cookies and sprinkles to model the phases of mitosis.
Oreo mitosis stemstars molecular biology initiative georgia. Tell the reader specifically what your experiment is investigating. Lab today focuses on cellular division, also known as cellular reproduction. How does meiosis differ in males and females page 278.
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