Cell Division Web Activity Name

Period Date
 
In this internet lesson, you will review the steps of mitosis and meiosis. You can either
type out the sites listed or go to my web site and click on “My Resources” to click on
the titles in the gray boxes. If any websites do not work at school, try them from home
and notify the teacher if they still don’t work.
Mitosis Tutorial
http://www.cellsalive.com/
On the left side of the screen is a navigation bar, click on the link to “MITOSIS” Read the
text on this page and view the animation, you can slow down the video by clicking step by
step through the phases.
1. Which stage does the following occur:
Chromatin condenses into
chromosomes

Chromosomes align in center of cell.

Longest part of the cell cycle.

Nuclear envelope breaks down.

Cell is cleaved into two new daughter

cells.
Daughter chromosomes arrive at the
poles.
2. Watch the video carefully. The colored chromosomes represent chromatids. There are
two of each color because one is an exact duplicate of the other.
--How many chromosomes are visible at the beginning of mitosis?
--How many are in each daughter cell at the end of mitosis?
--What are the green oval shaped structures in this video called?
3. Identify the stages of these cells:

Mitosis Animation
Go to www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html View the animation and sketch the cell in each
phase in the top box. You will want to draw each cell near the end of that phase in the
animation. In the bottom box, describe what is happening (if you hold the cursor over the
phase, it tells you at the top).
 
Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase