Meiosis and Mitosis Activity

Introduce meiosis and mitosis to your students using the science text packets to guide your classroom to understand the cell cycle and how cells behave. In addition to the science text, your students will complete graphic organizer notes summarizing their understanding of the cell cycle and cell division. These worksheets are a great study guide to have in their binders.

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Students will learn:

• Basic functions of cell division
• Cell cycle
  • Interphase
  • Mitosis
  • Prophase
  • Metaphase
  • Anaphase
  • Telophase
  • Cytokinesis
• How Walter Sutton expanded on Gregor Mendel's studies
• Genetic inheritance
• How offspring get traits from their parents
• The process of meiosis

This cell activity includes:

• 4 page science text on mitosis
• Checkpoint and overall comprehension questions
• Graphic organizer to sequence the cell cycle
• 2 page science text summarizing the process of meiosis
• Visual chart showing how the cells form and divide
• Graphic organizer
• Google Slides activity on meiosis and mitosis
• Google Forms assessments
• Answer key

This mitosis and meiosis bundle includes:

• Mitosis Activity
• Meiosis Activity

Ways to use these activities in your classroom:

• Reading packets: Use them to introduce mitosis and meiosis to your students. They will gain background knowledge on the science concepts and use their learning to fill out the graphic organizers.
• Graphic organizers: Use these to have students summarize learning. Once completed, students can reference them.
• Sub plans
• Homework assignment
• Independent practice
• Science center

Feedback from teachers:

• My students used the diagrams to better understand the concepts of Meiosis and Mitosis
• It made a difficult and somewhat complex topic easier for students to understand.
• This is a fantastic way to teach the difficult concepts of mitosis and meiosis.In addition, I loved the fact that I could combine reading comprehension with science concepts.
• This worked perfectly during my mitosis RTI session. I even saw students using the packet to help review for our test.

Other activities to support this unit:

• Plant and Animal Cell Unit
• Microorganism Bundle
• Microscope Unit

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