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Course, Subject

Biology/Living Environment, Math, Science & Technology, Science (NYS P-12)

Materials/Web Resources

• SMART Board
• Mitosis Movie Clip
• Colored Pencils
• Internet
• SMART Notebook- Mitosis lesson (see below)
• Student Packet - Mitosis

Description

In this lesson, students learn about the process of cell division. The class will draw and describe the phases of mitosis and then view an animation of cell division.

Website(s)

Animal Cell Mitosis

Objectives

The learner will be able to

Cognitive –

• Describe the phases of cell division.
• Explain the events that occur during mitosis.

Affective-

• Communicate effectively with teacher and other students.

Psychomotor-

• Draw phases of mitosis.

Duration

45 minutes

Procedure

Capture Attention and Motivate:
Do Now: What role does cell division play when you have a cut on your finger?

Lesson

• The teacher will ask for a student’s response to the “Do Now.” A student will answer that cells divide to produce new cells to repair the cut in the skin.
• The teacher will state, “Yesterday we talked about how cell division is needed for the growth and repair of cells.” The teacher will then ask the students to think about a cell and what the process of cell division consists of.
• The teacher will show the students a picture of an animal cell and ask, "What would each new cell need?" The students will respond with organelles such as nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, etc.
• The teacher will show the students a baby picture and ask them if this baby has all the cells it will need for the rest of its life. The students will answer, "No, the baby will need many more cells to grow and repair itself."
• The teacher will then show the same baby a few months later to illustrate that this baby has produced new blood cells, skin cells, muscle cells and bone cells as it has grown.
• The teacher will tell the students that cells need to undergo a series of steps to fully divide. He/she will then explain that there are six steps in mitosis: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, and cytokinesis.
• The teacher will have the students draw and take notes on each stage of mitosis via a SMART Notebook presentation. The students will copy notes and pictures into a packet. In each slide, the students will copy and write about the phase.
• Lastly, the students will visit Animal Cell Mitosis to view a movie clip about mitosis.

Assessment

Students will be evaluated on participation during class and completion of the packet.

SMART Board

This instructional content was intended for use with a SMART Board. The .xbk file below can only be opened with SMART Notebook software. To download this free software from the SMART Technologies website, please click here.

• Mitosis Lesson(xbk)
• Mitosis Lesson (pdf)

Author

Jennifer Wood, Enlarged City School District of Middletown

Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.MS.LS.1.1 Students who demonstrate understanding can plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

S.MS.LS.1.2 Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

MST4.I.LE.4.4 Students observe and describe cell division at the microscopic level and its macroscopic effects.