Outlines the cell cycle, recognizing mitosis as a part of asexual reproduction and the process for generating new body cells in multicellular organisms. 

This resource is an overview of the eukaryotic cell cycle. It includes diagrams, a video, practice questions, a study guide, flash cards, interactive assessments, and articles on real world applications

This lesson was designed to accompany the Online Onion Root Tip Activity. Students classify diagrams of onion root tip cells into the correct phase of the cell cycle in an interactive and receive feedback in the form of hints for cells they classify incorrectly. Students record their data from the cell cycle interactive in a table and answer questions to measure student learning.

In this webquest lesson, students will learn about cell division via the Internet. Students will learn about the cell cycle and the stages of mitosis and meiosis. Students will create a portfolio of pictures displaying the steps of mitosis and meiosis.

Organization of Living Things: Cells Functions, Growth and Development- Students will learn how cells function, grow and develop.

L.OL.M.2 Cell Function: I am able to explain the role cells play in the survival of living organisms.


L.OL.M.3 Growth and Development: I am able to describe how living organisms grow and develop over time

Students randomly select jelly beans (or other candy) that represent genes for several human traits such as tongue-rolling ability and eye color. Then, working in pairs (preferably of mixed gender), students randomly choose new pairs of jelly beans from those corresponding to their own genotypes. The new pairs are placed on toothpicks to represent the chromosomes of the couple's offspring. Finally, students compare genotypes and phenotypes of parents and offspring for all the "couples" in the class. In particular, they look to see if there are cases where parents and offspring share the exact same genotype and/or phenotype, and consider how the results would differ if they repeated the simulation using more than four traits.

This lesson was designed to accompany the Online Onion Root Tip Activity (Arizona--The Biology Project).  Students classify diagrams of onion root tip cells into the correct phase of the cell cycle in an interactive and receive feedback in the form of hints for cells they classify incorrectly.  Students record their data from the cell cycle interactive in a table and answer questions to measure student learning.

In this virtual activity, students examine cells in the tip of an onion root (digitized photographs) to better understand mitosis and to determine the time spent in different phases of the cell cycle.

In this lesson, students use a mnemonic device for remembering the phases of mitosis.

Some glucose is converted to starch that is not needed for growth. Glucose used for growth is transported to the vascular cambium, where it undergoes mitosis and cytokinesis. The carbon gets locked up as cellulose in the wood.