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Journal Entry:
What are the major differences between Mitosis and Meiosis?
Learning Intentions
We will learn how to describe mitosis and meiosis and analyze how they differ.
We will learn the advantages to meiosis.
We will learn how to determine how the time a cell would spend in different phases using data.
We will learn how to determine the map units a gene is from the centromere.
Closing Task:
You can complete your Cell Division Lab to document your explorations of the process.
Content Standards being covered:
Big
Idea 3
3.7 The student can make predictions about natural phenomena occurring during
the cell cycle.
3.8 The student can describe the events that occur in the cell cycle.
3.9 The student is able to construct an explanation, using visual
representations or narratives, as to how DNA chromosomes is transmitted to the
next generation via mitosis, or meiosis followed by fertilization.
Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered: