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Biology lesson plan: Cell division & mitosis

Topic: Mitosis, the cell cycle and cell differentiation (HS-LS1-4). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.

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Prerequisite skills to check: cell structure and the role of the nucleus (MS-LS1-2); living things are made of cells (MS-LS1-1); genes are made of DNA and carry genetic information (MS-LS3-1).

Key vocabulary: cell cycle, interphase, chromosome, sister chromatids, mitosis, cytokinesis, differentiation.

Warm-up idea: Ask how a cut on a finger heals: where do the new skin cells come from?

Exit ticket idea: Students put four diagrams of mitosis in order and explain why the daughter cells have the same chromosomes as the parent cell.

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