Lesson: Mitosis Science • Third Year of Preparatory School

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In this lesson, we will learn how to describe the events of interphase and mitosis, outline the signficance of this process for unicellular and multicellular organisms, and outline how cancer can develop.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

state that mitosis is a cell division process whereby two daughter cells are formed after genetic duplication of the chromosomes in the parent nucleus,
state that mitosis is important for the growth, repair, and regeneration of somatic cells and for asexual reproduction,
describe the events of interphase and the four stages of mitosis,
state that cancer is the result of uncontrolled cell division,
outline the use of nanotechnology to penetrate and destroy targeted cancer cells,
describe how partial liver transplants can be carried out due to the high mitotic activity of liver cells.