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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Giant Cells

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity you will examine surface area and volume of cells and will describe the relationship between surface area and volume of cells.
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Graphic
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Development

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site provides videos and photos of cells going through the process of cell division. Observe Zebrafish development and Sea urchin embryo cell division in video format.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Is a Haploid Cell?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what haploid cells are and the role they play in reproduction.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you make a cell with half the DNA? Meiosis. This activity outlines the phases of meiosis, provides an overview of sexual reproduction, and describe how...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Cancer Gene We All Have

For Students 9th - 10th
Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide. This learning module explains how these genes can sometimes mutate, making those cells less...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Dna, Genes and Chromosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Chromosomes are made from DNA. Genes are short sections of DNA. Genetically identical cells are produced by a type of cell division called mitosis. In sexual reproduction, a male gamete fuses with a female gamete to produce a new cell....
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: Tumor Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
See how cell division is essential for healthy growth of an organism, and how complex genetic mechanisms have evolved to switch cell division on and off at the proper time for normal development. [0:50]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Mitosis and Cytokinesis

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] During mitosis, the DNA in a nucleus must replicate. The copied DNA is divided into two genetically identical sets, so that after cytokinesis or cell division, each...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mitosis Flipbook

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this series of images depicting the process of mitosis in the early embryo of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster to make a mitosis flipbook. In this stage of Drosophila development, nuclei divide very rapidly without cell...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bacteria Binary Fission

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial explains the steps of bacterial binary fission which is the process that bacteria use to carry out cell division.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Graphics Gallery of Biotechnology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides simple diagrams on all major topics in cell biology, genetics and biotechnology.
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health: What Are the Unique Properties of All Stem Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Stem cells are unspecialized, stems cells are capable of dividing and renewing themselves for long periods, and stem cells can give rise to specialized cells.
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PPT
University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Crossing the Divide: How Neurons Talk to Each Other

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow explains the process of how a neuron communicates.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Phases of Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial examines how a cell divides to make two genetically identical cells and explores the four basic phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
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Handout
San Diego State University

Sdsu: Lesson 2.5: How Do Organisms Reproduce? Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will allow students to grasp the complex concept of meiosis by modeling the process with clay.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Surviving Aids: Fighting Back (Hot Science)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the body's immune system to understand how a virus enters the body and how the human body fights against the viruses like the mumps virus and HIV.
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Activity
PBS

Nova Online: Life's Greatest Miracle

For Students 9th - 10th
The miracle of life is featured in this wonderful series of short videos and journal entries. A variety of topics are covered in this well written, authoritative piece.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Mitosis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the stages of cell division and contains illustrations of the phases of the process. Assessment questions are included.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Video: Mitosis in Real Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you identify the steps of mitosis in this video? The video shows the process of the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell dividing in real time. [0:19]
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Chromosomes vs. Chromatids: What You Need to Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what chromosomes are, how chromatids are related to them, and how they function together during cell division.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Meiosis

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sexual reproduction combines gametes from two parents. Gametes are produced by a special type of cell division known as meiosis. Meiosis contains two rounds of cell...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Never Say Die: The Clock of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the PBS production, Scientific American Frontier "Never Say Die", includes a section entitled "The Clock of Life". It provides a discussion of cell death through shortening of the telomere. A good class activity included.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Mitosis and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Just like mitosis creates two identical healthy cells from one, it also enables cancer cells to duplicate themselves, facilitating the spread of the disease.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Chromosomes: The Carriers of Genetic Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what chromosomes are, their structure, their functions within a cell, and the health impact of mutations in a gene sequence.

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