Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Cell Division: Binary Fission and Mitosis
Short animations, detailed information, and illustrated diagrams help explain the cell cycle and cellular division, focusing on binary fission and mitosis.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phases of Mitosis
Tutorial examines how a cell divides to make two genetically identical cells and explores the four basic phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cell Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of cell division in eukaryotic cells is carefully controlled. The cell cycle is the life cycle of a cell, with cell division at the end of the cycle....
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain College: Cell Division and Meiosis
Resource provides a holistic and complete meiosis lesson with illustrations, animations, glossary, and links. Extremely detailed and helpful site.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Chromosomes and the Cell Cycle
This article illustrates the properties of cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Cell Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of the eukaryotic cell cycle.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Cell Division and Cycle
A site about cell division and the cell cycle in the science of biology including mitosis, meiosis, and binary fission.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Mitosis Flipbook
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Mitosis: Divide to Survive
This lesson includes a Power Point presentation that will guide the students through an investigation of mitosis, or cellular division. The lesson will review the basic functions and parts of animal and plant cells and then introduce the...
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Mitosis When Cells Split Apart
An illustrated tutorial highlighting the process of cell division called mitosis.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Biology: Unit 3: Cell Structure
In this third unit of a Biology course, students learn about cells and cell structure. They compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learn about the specialized structures in a cell and what their functions are. They will also learn...
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Mitosis Page
Read a brief introduction to mitosis, and then click on the 5 phases to read details and view photos of each in progress. Photo examples are excellent.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Functions of a Centrosome and Its Role in Cell Division
Discusses the discovery of centrosomes, their important role in mitosis in animal cells, and their other functions.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Plant Cell Division and Cell Walls
A useful review of plant meristems, growth and cell wall construction. Good illustrations make for easy to understand information.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observing Cell Division
In this activity, young scholars make microscopic observations of onion root tips, discuss them with classmates, then make detailed drawings that are shared.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: The Cell Cycle: Naming the Parts
Use this information to help you understand the differences between major parts of the cell cycle. A good place to start a study of cell division.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: A Step by Step Explanation of the Stages of Mitosis
The phases of mitosis are described and the splitting of a cell into two daughter cells at the end of it.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Basic Difference Between Mitosis and Meiosis
The differences between mitosis and meiosis are explained in this resource. Includes labeled diagrams showing what happens during each and a chart giving an overview of their differences.
Other
Ohio Department of Education: Cell Division and Differentiation
In this lesson, students use hands-on activities and journaling to learn about the process of mitosis, meiosis and cell differentiation. Hands-on activities include modeling of the mitosis and meiosis processes with model building and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.21 Mitosis
Understand what happens to a cell during mitosis.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Mitosis Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over mitosis, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cell Cycle
Test your knowledge on cell cycle with this multiple choice quiz.
University of Arizona
Cell Biology: Online Onion Root Tips
Online mitosis activity offers the student the opportunity to identify, classify, calculate, and graph the phases of mitosis. Explanations of each phase, actual cells are displayed for classifying and gathering data in this comprehensive...