It can be seen in the stages shown above that mitosis maintains the chromosome number or complement of a cell. PART 3 REASONS FOR MITOSISĪs well as Growth, Replacement and Repair, Mitosis is essential for maintaining the chromosome complement.

p.s Don’t use Mrs Smith as your ‘phone a friend’ as I know all the answers lol.Ĭell Division Crossword – Use this crossword to consolidate you vocabulary further. Mitosis Who wants to be a MILLIONAIRE – Another nice revision tool, you can do this as a class, with a friend, or on your own. There are some nice calculations and problem solving activities too. This 6 page PDF gives great background information on cell division, mitosis, has detailed instructions on how to carry out the experiment, as well as a post experiment worksheet. JUST ENJOY and GET CREATIVE WITH YOUR LEARNING!Įxperiment – Mitosis in onion root tips – Ask your teacher (if it’s not me) to do this experiment – Even if you do not do the experiment it is worth a read. You could take a picture of each stage and make a powerpoint presentation or even better try making a movie (there is programmes such as Microsoft movie maker which will help with this). Use any junk you have at home such as Playdoh, pipe cleaners, string, wool, marbles. Mitosis with pipe cleaners – Mitosis models can be made at home. Flip through the book to see your own mitosis animation.

Mitosis flip book – Draw the stages of mitosis and make them into a flip book. Stages of Mitosis – There is a complete worksheet and a worksheet with blanks – Are you upto filling in the blanks without the answer? Other Activities

Cytoplasm in mitosis flip book