Fun with Mitosis

ACTIVITY: Check out the cells of an onion!
Materials
Onion
White paper
Food coloring
Magnifying glass

Procedure
1. Carefully peel a very thin slice of onion (you should be able to see through it).
2. Place it on a pice of white paper.
3. Put a small drop of food coloring on the onion skin.
4. Look at it with a magnifying glass.
5. Draw or take a picture of what you see.


TASK 1
Ask your teacher for the user information for BrainPop.
Watch this animation of mitosis.

TASK 2
In BrainPop click on ACTIVITIES at the bottom. 
Print the page, complete.

TASK 3
Print this worksheet.
Complete.

TASK 4
Make a mitosis flip book.

ACTIVITY: Mitosis Model
Materials
Yarn (chromosomes)
Poster paper
glue
Procedure
1. Separate your poster paper into six even sections.
2.  In each section, represent each phase of mitosis using the yarn for chromosomes.
3.  Glue the yarn in place.
4.  Label each phase.